Clinically relevant genomic alterations identified by targeted exome sequencing in U.S. veterans with prostate cancer.

Authors

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Eman Dadashian

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Eman Dadashian , Michael Nakazawa , Neil Rohit Parikh , Nathisha Kalpage , Nicholas George Nickols , Matthew Rettig

Organizations

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, VA Greater Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, VA Greater Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Research Funding

U.S. National Institutes of Health
U.S. National Institutes of Health

Background: Amongst male United States Veterans, prostate cancer accounts for one third of cancer diagnoses and is the second leading cause of cancer death. Prostate cancers in the Veteran population may have differing frequencies of clinically relevant genomic alterations than the general population owing to chemical exposures, military service, or other unknown factors. Veterans, however, have been underrepresented in large-scale prostate cancer sequencing cohorts to date. Methods: Archival or fresh prostate cancer tissue from Veterans cared for by our team within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (a VA Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence) undergo targeted sequencing as part of routine clinical care through the VA Precision Oncology Program. Sequencing covers over 181 genes frequently mutated in cancers. Prostate cancers from 81 Veterans (76 primary tumors, 5 metastases) have been sequenced through the Personalis ACE CancerPlus platform. Results: 43% of Veterans had primary tumors with clinically relevant genomic alterations, including 6.2% with activating mutations in MAPK pathway members (KRAS, ERBB2, or BRAF), 3.7% with somatic mutations in DDR genes (BRCA2 or ATR), 7.3% with mutations in TP53 or RB1, 4.9% in APC, 1.2% in the WNT pathway (CTNNB1), 3.7% with mutations in the PI3K/AKT pathway (PIK3R1 or AKT1), 3.7% with PTEN deletions, and 22.2% had alterations involving an AR regulated gene (SLC45A3 or TMPRSS). Of the five metastatic tumors sequenced, one had a mutation in TP53 and another had an ETS gene fusion detected. Half of the Veterans who underwent tumor sequencing consented for screening for, or enrollment on, active clinical trials at VA Greater LA. Conclusions: Large-scale sequencing of prostate cancers within VA is feasible and may facilitate enrollment in precision oncology trials specifically designed for Veterans. These data suggest that clinically relevant genomic alterations within the primary tumors may differ between Veterans and the general population; larger data sets along with more robust sequencing platforms are required for clarification.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer - Advanced Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e17599)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e17599

Abstract #

e17599

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