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FoundationOne® CDx gene profiling in Japanese pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients: a single-institution experience

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic mutation profiles of Japanese pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients.

Methods

Next-generation sequencing was performed using FoundationOne® CDx on 17 PDAC patients who were treated by surgical resection at Kyushu University Hospital between February 2016 and January 2019. The tumor mutational burden and microsatellite instability status were also assessed.

Results

There were 16 patients (94%) with KRAS mutations, 13 (76%) with TP53 mutations, three (18%) with SMAD4 mutations, and one (6%) with a CDKN2A mutation. All patients had at least one pathogenic variant or a likely pathogenic variant. No patient had targeted therapies that matched with any clinical benefit according to FoundationOne® CDx. An unresectable PDAC patient with BRCA2-mutant disease was successfully treated by conversion surgery using platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Conclusions

Currently, FoundationOne® CDx might be difficult to use on PDAC patients, although further investigations with larger study populations are called for.

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Acknowledgements

We thank James P. Mahaffey, PhD, from Edanz Group (https://en-author-services.edanzgroup.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Ryuichiro Kimura, Takao Ohtsuka, Makoto Kubo, Atsushi Fujii, Yusuke Watanabe, Yasuhisa Mori, Naoki Ikenaga, Kohei Nakata, Koji Shindo, Kenoki Ohuchida & Masafumi Nakamura

  2. Foundation Medicine Business Department, Foundation Medicine Unit, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

    Atsuko Kajihara

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Kimura, R., Ohtsuka, T., Kubo, M. et al. FoundationOne® CDx gene profiling in Japanese pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients: a single-institution experience. Surg Today 51, 619–626 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-020-02123-2

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