C-KIT mutations were closely associated with the response to Imatinib in Chinese advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients
C-KIT mutations were closely associated with the response to Imatinib in Chinese advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients
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DOI:
10.1007/s12032-012-0308-7
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发表时间:
2012-12-01
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Shen, Lin
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作者:
Gao, Jing;Dang, Yunzhi;Shen, Lin
To investigate the correlation between C-KIT/PDGFR alpha mutations and Imatinib response or survival in Chinese advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients. Clinical data and paraffin-embedded tumor specimens were collected from 158 advanced GIST patients receiving first-line Imatinib. Mutation analyses of C-KIT gene (Exons 9, 11, 13, and 17) and PDGFR alpha gene (exons 12 and 18) were performed by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. A total of 135 patients harboring C-KIT mutations (exon 11 mutation: 108; exon 9 mutation: 23; exon 13 mutation: 2; exon 17 mutation: 2) and one patients carrying PDGFR alpha mutation (exon 18) were found in this study. Twenty-two patients (13.9 %) with neither C-KIT nor PDGFR alpha mutations were named as wild type. The response rate (64.7 vs. 36.4 %, P = 0.000) and median progression-free survival (28 vs. 8 months, P = 0.000) of mutant patients (n = 136) were significantly higher than those of wild-type patients (n = 22). Moreover, the response rate and median progression-free survival in patients with exon 11 mutations (n = 108), exon 9 mutations (n = 23), and wild-type patients (n = 22) were 68.5, 47.8, and 36.4 % (P = 0.001), and 31 months, 13 months, and 8 months (P = 0.000), respectively. No significant differences of response rate or median progression-free survival were seen in patients with exon 11 deletion mutations, point mutations, and mixed-type mutations. C-KIT mutations were closely associated with Imatinib response and progression-free survival of Chinese advanced GIST patients. Other predictive markers for Imatinib would be further investigated.