Project description:Classification of tamixifen-treated breast cancer patients into high and low risk groups using the 76-gene signature Experiment Overall Design: 136 breast cancer samples that were treated with tamoxifen were classified using the 76-gene signature
Project description:Background: The JBR.10 trial demonstrated significant survival benefit from adjuvant cisplatin/vinorelbine (ACT) in stage IB-II NSCLC (HR 0.69, p=0.04), but stage IB patients did not derive significant benefit (HR: 0.94, p= 0.79). We hypothesized that expression profiling could identify stage-independent subgroups of patients who might benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods: Gene expression profiling was conducted on mRNA isolated from frozen JBR.10 tumor samples (either from patients under observation [OBS], or treated with ACT). The minimum gene set that selected for the greatest separation of good and poor prognosis patient subgroups in OBS patients was identified and this gene signature was used to classify patients into high and low risk for death after surgery, and predict ACT effect. The prognostic gene signature was additionally tested on ACT patients and publicly available microarray datasets. Results: A 15-gene signature separated OBS patients into equal high and low risk subgroups with significantly different prognoses (HR 15.02, 95% CI 5.12-44.04, p=0.0001). The signature was prognostic in both stage IB and II. It was also predictive of improved survival following ACT treatment in high-risk patients (HR 0.33, 95% CI 0.17-0.63, p=0.0005), but not in low risk patients (HR 3.67, 95% CI 1.22-11.06, p=0.0133; interaction p=0.0001). The prognostic effect of the signature was validated in two independent gene expression datasets of 169 stage I-II adenocarcinoma and 106 squamous cell carcinoma patients. Conclusions: This microarray-based 15-gene prognostic expression signature is stage and histology independent and may select early stage NSCLC patients who are most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin/vinorelbine. Keywords: Expression profiling by microarray; prognosis prediction 90 samples
Project description:Purpose: The JBR.10 trial demonstrated benefit from adjuvant cisplatin/vinorelbine (ACT) in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We hypothesized that expression profiling may identify stage-independent subgroups who might benefit from ACT. Patients and Methods: Gene expression profiling was conducted on mRNA from 133 frozen JBR.10 tumor samples (62 observation [OBS], 71 ACT). The minimum gene set that was selected for the greatest separation of good and poor prognosis patient subgroups in OBS patients was identified. The prognostic value of this gene signature was tested in four independent published microarray data sets and by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Results: A 15-gene signature separated OBS patients into high-risk and low-risk subgroups with significantly different survival (hazard ratio [HR], 15.02; 95% CI, 5.12 to 44.04; P .001; stage I HR, 13.31; P .001; stage II HR, 13.47; P .001). The prognostic effect was verified in the same 62 OBS patients where gene expression was assessed by qPCR. Furthermore, it was validated consistently in four separate microarray data sets (total 356 stage IB to II patients without adjuvant treatment) and additional JBR.10 OBS patients by qPCR (n 19). The signature was also predictive of improved survival after ACT in JBR.10 high-risk patients (HR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.17 to 0.63; P .0005), but not in low-risk patients (HR, 3.67; 95% CI, 1.22 to 11.06; P = .0133; interaction P .001). Significant interaction between risk groups and ACT was verified by qPCR. Conclusion: This 15-gene expression signature is an independent prognostic marker in early-stage, completely resected NSCLC, and to our knowledge, is the first signature that has demonstrated the potential to select patients with stage IB to II NSCLC most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin/vinorelbine.
Project description:Background: Recently a 76-gene prognostic signature able to predict distant metastases in lymph node-negative (N-) breast cancer patients was reported. The aims of this study conducted by TRANSBIG were to independently validate these results and to compare the outcome with clinical risk assessment. Materials and Methods: Gene expression profiling of frozen samples from 198 N- systemically untreated patients was performed at the Bordet Institute, blinded to clinical data and independent of Veridex. Genomic risk was defined by Veridex, blinded to clinical data. Survival analyses, done by an independent statistician, were performed with the genomic risk and adjusted for the clinical risk, defined by Adjuvant!Online. Results: The actual 5- and 10-year time to distant metastasis (TDM) were 98% (88%-100%) and 94% (83%-98%) respectively for the good profile group and 76% (68%- 82%) and 73% (65%-79%) for the poor profile group. The actual 5- and 10-year overall survival (OS) were 98% (88%-100%) and 87% (73%-94%) respectively for the good profile group and 84% (77%-89%) and 72% (63%-78%) for the poor profile group. We observed a strong time-dependency of this signature, leading to an adjusted HR of 13.58 (1.85-99.63) and 8.20 (1.10-60.90) at 5 years, and 5.11 (1.57-16.67) and 2.55 (1.07-6.10) at 10 years for TDM and OS respectively. Conclusion: This independent validation confirmed the performance of the 76-gene signature and adds to the growing evidence that gene expression signatures are of clinical relevance, especially for identifying patients at high risk of early distant metastases. Experiment Overall Design: dataset of microarray experiments from primary breast tumors used to validate the 76-gene signature (VERIDEX). No replicate, no reference sample.
Project description:Purpose: Despite the benefits of estrogen receptor (ER)-targeted endocrine therapies in breast cancer, many tumors develop resistance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been suggested as promising biomarkers and we here evaluated whether a miRNA profile could be identified, sub-grouping ER+ breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant Tamoxifen with regards to probability of recurrence. Experimental design: Global miRNA analysis was performed on 152 ER+ primary tumors from high-risk breast cancer patients with an initial discovery set of 52 patients, followed by 2 independent test sets (N=60 and N=40). All patients had received adjuvant Tamoxifen as mono-therapy (median clinical follow-up: 4.6 years) and half had developed distant recurrence (median time-to-recurrence: 3.5 years). MiRNA expression was examined by unsupervised hierarchical clustering and supervised analysis, including clinical parameters as co-variables.
Project description:Newly diagnosed chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients with a major cytogenetic response (MCyR) after 12 months of imatinib therapy have an excellent long-term outcome, while patients without MCyR have a high progression risk. Since patients with primary cytogenetic resistance may benefit from more intensive therapy up-front, we sought to identify biomarkers to predict MCyR. Keywords: Two group comparison to identify trasncriptomic signature that predicts response to therapy
Project description:Endocrine resistance in breast cancer is a major clinical problem with poorly understood mechanisms. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics of a clinically-relevant tamoxifen-resistant cell line model identified increased levels of minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCM), including MCM3, as central in cell cycle and DNA replication protein-protein interaction networks associated with tamoxifen resistance. Lowering MCM3 protein expression in tamoxifen-resistant cells restored tamoxifen sensitivity and altered phosphorylation of several cell cycle regulators, such as p53(Ser315, 33), CHK1(Ser317) and cdc25b(Ser323), suggesting that MCM3 activation of important cell cycle-associated proteins overcomes tamoxifen’s anti-proliferative effects. High MCM3 expression in primary tumor tissue from two independent cohorts of ER+ breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen mono-therapy was an independent prognostic marker significantly associated with a shorter recurrence-free survival.
Project description:Purpose: Endocrine therapies, such as tamoxifen are commonly given to most patients with estrogen receptor (ER) alpha-positive breast carcinoma but are not indicated for persons with ERalpha-negative cancer. The factors responsible for response to tamoxifen in 5-10% of patients with ERalpha-negative tumors are not clear. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the biology and role of the second ER, ERbeta, in patients treated with adjuvant tamoxifen. Experimental Design: We investigated ERbeta by immunohistochemistry in 353 stage II primary breast tumors from patients treated with two years adjuvant tamoxifen, and generated gene expression profiles for a representative subset of 88 tumors. Results: ERbeta was associated with increased survival (distant disease-free survival, P=0.01; overall survival, P=0.22), and in particular within ERalpha-negative patients (P=0.003; P=0.04), but not in the ERalpha-positive subgroup (P=0.49; P=0.88). Lack of ERbeta conferred early relapse (hazard ratio, 14; 95% CI, 1.8-106; P=0.01) within the ERalpha-negative subgroup even after adjustment for other markers. ERalpha was an independent marker only within the ERbeta-negative tumors (hazard ratio, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.21-0.89; P=0.02). An ERbeta gene expression profile was identified and was markedly different from the ERalpha signature. Conclusion: Expression of ERbeta is an independent marker for favorable prognosis after adjuvant tamoxifen treatment in ERalpha-negative breast cancer patients, and involves a gene expression program distinct from ERalpha. These results may be highly clinically significant, because in the U.S. alone, approximately 10,000 women are diagnosed annually with ERalpha-negative/ERbeta-positive breast carcinoma and may benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen. Keywords: Disease state analysis
Project description:Global microRNA expression profiling of high-risk ER+ breast cancers from patients receiving adjuvant Tamoxifen mono-therapy: a DBCG study