Treatment outcome and clinical characteristics of HER2 mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients in China.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:HER2 mutation is found in 1%-2% of lung cancer patients. Studies comparing chemotherapy to HER2-TKIs are limited. This study aimed to investigate the molecular and clinical patterns of HER2 mutations in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and compare the different outcomes between chemotherapy and HER2-TKIs. METHODS:Advanced or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer patients with de novo HER2 mutations (N =?75) were included in this study. Molecular information, clinical features, and treatment outcomes were retrospectively collected from a web-based patient registry and hospital chart review. RESULTS:Between October 2012 and December 2018, 65 patients with in-frame insertion mutations, eight with point mutations and two with gene amplification were found. The most common subtypes of insertion mutations were A775_G776insYVMA, G776delinsVC, and V777_G778insGSP. HER2 mutated patients were mostly young-aged, females, never or light smokers, with adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy achieved better outcomes than HER2-TKIs (median PFS: 5.5 vs. 3.7?months in the first-line setting and 4.2 vs. 2.0?months in the second-line setting, P =?0.001 and 0.031, respectively). In particular for the most common subtype, YVMA insertions, PFS was significantly longer in chemotherapy than HER2-TKIs both in the first-line (6.0 vs. 2.6?months, P =?0.008) and the second-line (4.2 vs. 2.6?months P
SUBMITTER: Xu F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7049517 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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