High prevalence of pathogenic variants in individuals with colorectal cancer ≤ age 35.

Authors

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Megan L. Marshall

GeneDx, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ

Megan L. Marshall , Maegan Roberts , Lisa R. Susswein , Anna K. McGill , Zhixiong Xu , Rachel T. Klein , Kathleen S. Hruska

Organizations

GeneDx, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ, GeneDx, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, BioReference Laboratories, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ

Research Funding

Other

Background: Young age at onset is a hallmark feature of an inherited predisposition to cancer. Recent evidence suggests that the incidence of pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV) in cancer predisposition genes among individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) ≤ age 35 is high, but few studies have examined the frequency identified by multi-gene hereditary cancer panel testing. We report on PV yield and clinical presentation of individuals diagnosed with CRC ≤ 35 years (y). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed test requisition forms and provided pathology reports for 4,727 individuals with CRC who underwent panel testing of, at a minimum, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM, APC, and MUTYH. Two-tailed Fisher’s exact tests were used to determine statistically significant differences between groups. Results: Of the 691 individuals diagnosed with CRC ≤35y, 137 PV were identified in 126 individuals (126/691, 18.2%), including 72 with Lynch syndrome, 16 with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), five with MUTYH-associated polyposis, four with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency, one with juvenile polyposis syndrome, and one with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Thirty-eight additional PVs were identified in other non-CRC genes. Microsatellite instability (MSI) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) results were reported for 277 individuals and were reportedly abnormal in 63. The yield of PV in individuals with abnormal tumor studies was 52.4% (33/63); PV in genes other than the Lynch syndrome-associated genes were identified, commonly in the MSI-H group. While statistical significance was not observed, the positive rate was higher for individuals with non-rectal cancers (colon cancer: 104/534, 19.5%; rectal cancer: 22/157, 14.0%, p = 0.13). Conclusions: In our cohort, 18.2% of individuals diagnosed with CRC ≤35y were found to harbor a PV. Yield increased in those with abnormal MSI/IHC as well as non-rectal tumor location. Hereditary predispositions in patients diagnosed with very early-onset CRC are not limited to Lynch syndrome and FAP. Therefore, individuals with very early-onset CRC may benefit from multi-gene panel testing rather than syndromic-based testing.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Track

Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Sub Track

Prevention, Diagnosis, and Screening

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl 4S; abstr 576)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.576

Abstract #

576

Poster Bd #

B3

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