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Breast cancer phenotype in women with TP53 germline mutations: a Li-Fraumeni syndrome consortium effort.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common tumor in women with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), an inherited cancer syndrome associated with germline mutations in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene. Their lifetime breast cancer risk is 49% by age 60. Breast cancers in TP53 mutation carriers recently have more often been reported to be hormone receptor and HER-2 positive by immunohistochemistry and FISH in small series. We seek to complement the existing small literature with this report of a histopathologic analysis of breast cancers from women with documented LFS. Unstained slides and paraffin-embedded tumor blocks from breast cancers from 39 germline TP53 mutation carriers were assembled from investigators in the LFS consortium. Central histology review was performed on 93% of the specimens by a single breast pathologist from a major university hospital. Histology, grade, and hormone receptor status were assessed by immunohistochemistry; HER-2 status was defined by immunohistochemistry and/or FISH. The 43 tumors from 39 women comprise 32 invasive ductal carcinomas and 11 ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS). No other histologies were observed. The median age at diagnosis was 32 years (range 22-46). Of the invasive cancers, 84% were positive for ER and/or PR; and 81% were high grade. Sixty three percent of invasive and 73% of in situ carcinomas were positive for Her2/neu (IHC 3+ or FISH amplified). Of the invasive tumors, 53% were positive for both ER and HER2+; other ER/PR/HER2 combinations were observed. The DCIS were positive for ER and HER2 in 27% of the cases. This report of the phenotype of breast cancers from women with LFS nearly doubles the literature on this topic. Most DCIS and invasive ductal carcinomas in LFS are hormone receptor positive and/or HER-2 positive. These findings suggest that modern treatments may result in improved outcomes for women with LFS-associated breast cancer.

SUBMITTER: Masciari S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3709568 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Breast cancer phenotype in women with TP53 germline mutations: a Li-Fraumeni syndrome consortium effort.

Masciari Serena S Dillon Deborah A DA Rath Michelle M Robson Mark M Weitzel Jeffrey N JN Balmana Judith J Gruber Stephen B SB Ford James M JM Euhus David D Lebensohn Alexandra A Telli Melinda M Pochebit Stephen M SM Lypas Georgios G Garber Judy E JE

Breast cancer research and treatment 20120304 3

Breast cancer is the most common tumor in women with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), an inherited cancer syndrome associated with germline mutations in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene. Their lifetime breast cancer risk is 49% by age 60. Breast cancers in TP53 mutation carriers recently have more often been reported to be hormone receptor and HER-2 positive by immunohistochemistry and FISH in small series. We seek to complement the existing small literature with this report of a histopathologic analys ...[more]

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Project description:Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent malignancy in women with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS). The literature on BC in LFS is limited due to its rarity worldwide. A TP53 founder pathogenic variant (c.1010G>A; p.R337H) is responsible for the higher prevalence of this syndrome among women of Brazilian ancestry.PurposeThe aim of the study was to describe the BC phenotype expressed by Brazilian female LFS carriers and compare the data between p.R337H and other TP53 germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (non-p.R337H carriers).MethodsWe searched for cases of TP53 germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant carriers affected by BC included between 2015 and 2020 in the BLiSS (Brazilian Li-Fraumeni Study) registry at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital.ResultsAmong 163 adult female carriers from the registry, 91 (56%) had received a BC diagnosis, including 72 p.R337H carriers. BC was the first cancer diagnosed in 90% of cases. Early onset BC (age ≤45 years) was diagnosed in 78.2% of cases (11.5% <31 years; 66.7% 31-45 years; 21.8% >45 years). The median age of BC diagnosis for p.R337H carriers was 39.5 years (range 20-69 years) compared to 34 years (range 21-63 years) for non-p.R337H carriers (p = 0.009). In total, 104 breast tumors were observed in 87 women. Bilateral BC was observed in 29.3% of cases. Histology was available for 96 tumors, comprising 69 invasive breast carcinomas, which were mostly invasive ductal carcinomas (95.6%), 25 ductal in situ carcinomas and 2 soft-tissue sarcomas. Overall, 90.5% of invasive breast carcinomas were hormone receptor (HR)-positive, 39.5% were human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive, and 32.8% showed HR and HER2 co-expression. In addition, 55.4% of patients opted for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after a first BC diagnosis. There were no significant differences in the risk of developing contralateral BC or in the immunohistochemical profile between p.R337H and non-p.R337H groups.ConclusionsThe expressed phenotype of p.R337H is similar to that of other TP53 pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants, except for an average older age at the onset of disease; however, this is still younger than the general population.

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Breast cancer phenotype in women with TP53 germline mutations: a Li-Fraumeni syndrome consortium effort.

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Breast cancer phenotype in women with TP53 germline mutations: a Li-Fraumeni syndrome consortium effort.

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