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  • About 20% of stage I lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients experience relapse post-surgery, with a lack of in-depth molecular studies to understand tumor characteristics.
  • Researchers conducted whole exome sequencing and other analyses on 113 Taiwanese patients to identify molecular features linked to relapse-free survival (RFS), validating their findings with a separate group of Caucasian patients.
  • The study discovered specific gene mutations and microRNA expressions associated with poor RFS, highlighting the potential for better prognostic tools and precision treatment options for stage I LUAD patients.

Article Abstract

Objectives: About 20% of stage I lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients suffer a relapse after surgical resection. While finer substages have been defined and refined in the AJCC staging system, clinical investigations on the tumor molecular landscape are lacking.

Materials And Methods: We performed whole exome sequencing, DNA copy number and microRNA profiling on paired tumor-normal samples from a cohort of 113 treatment-naïve stage I Taiwanese LUAD patients. We searched for molecular features associated with relapse-free survival (RFS) of stage I or its substages and validated the findings with an independent Caucasian LUAD cohort.

Results: We found sixteen nonsynonymous mutations harbored at EGFR, KRAS, TP53, CTNNB1 and six other genes associated with poor RFS in a dose-dependent manner via variant allele fraction (VAF). An index, maxVAF, was constructed to quantify the overall mutation load from genes other than EGFR. High maxVAF scores discriminated a small group of high-risk LUAD at stage I (median RFS: 4.5 versus 69.5 months; HR = 10.5, 95% CI = 4.22-26.12, P < 0.001). At the substage level, higher risk was found for patients with high maxVAF or high miR-31; IA (median RFS: 32.1 versus 122.8 months, P = 0.005) and IB (median RFS: 7.1 versus 26.2, P = 0.049). MicroRNAs, miR-182, miR-183 and miR-196a were found correlated with EGFR mutation and poor RFS in stage IB patients.

Conclusion: Distinctive features of somatic gene mutation and microRNA expression of stage I LUAD are characterized to complement the survival prognosis by substaging. The findings open up more options for precision management of stage I LUAD patients.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107352DOI Listing

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