The establishment of PARP inhibitors in the treatment of epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) has prompt BRCA assessment at the time of diagnosis. We described our five years of experience of tumor BRCA testing, as part of a multidisciplinary workflow for the management of EOC patients. We used a BRCA next-generation sequencing (NGS) test for profiling formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) EOCs of 762 consecutive patients, with a success rate of 99.7% and a median turnaround time of 12 days. We found 178 (23.4%) cases with pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) mutations, 74 (9.7%) cases with variants of uncertain significance and 508 (66.8%) wild type tumors. Among 174 patients without P/LP mutations and investigated with multiple-ligation probe-amplification analysis on peripheral blood, two (1.1%) were positive for large rearrangements. Patients with P/LP alterations and/or with positive family history were referred to genetic counselling. Comparing tumor and blood NGS test results of 256 patients, we obtained a tumor test negative predictive value of 100% and we defined 76% of P/LP alterations as germline and 24% as somatic variants. The proposed workflow may successfully identify EOC patients with BRCA1/2 alteration, guiding both therapeutic and risk assessment clinical decisions.

Fumagalli, C., Betella, I., Rappa, A., Di Giminiani, M., Gaiano, M., De Vitis, L., et al. (2022). Tumor BRCA Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers: Past and Future—Five-Years’ Single-Institution Experience of 762 Consecutive Patients. CANCERS, 14(7) [10.3390/cancers14071638].

Tumor BRCA Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers: Past and Future—Five-Years’ Single-Institution Experience of 762 Consecutive Patients

Colombo N.
Primo
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2022

Abstract

The establishment of PARP inhibitors in the treatment of epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) has prompt BRCA assessment at the time of diagnosis. We described our five years of experience of tumor BRCA testing, as part of a multidisciplinary workflow for the management of EOC patients. We used a BRCA next-generation sequencing (NGS) test for profiling formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) EOCs of 762 consecutive patients, with a success rate of 99.7% and a median turnaround time of 12 days. We found 178 (23.4%) cases with pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) mutations, 74 (9.7%) cases with variants of uncertain significance and 508 (66.8%) wild type tumors. Among 174 patients without P/LP mutations and investigated with multiple-ligation probe-amplification analysis on peripheral blood, two (1.1%) were positive for large rearrangements. Patients with P/LP alterations and/or with positive family history were referred to genetic counselling. Comparing tumor and blood NGS test results of 256 patients, we obtained a tumor test negative predictive value of 100% and we defined 76% of P/LP alterations as germline and 24% as somatic variants. The proposed workflow may successfully identify EOC patients with BRCA1/2 alteration, guiding both therapeutic and risk assessment clinical decisions.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
BRCA; Epithelial ovarian carcinoma; NGS;
English
23-mar-2022
2022
14
7
1638
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Fumagalli, C., Betella, I., Rappa, A., Di Giminiani, M., Gaiano, M., De Vitis, L., et al. (2022). Tumor BRCA Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers: Past and Future—Five-Years’ Single-Institution Experience of 762 Consecutive Patients. CANCERS, 14(7) [10.3390/cancers14071638].
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