
Despite being the most common pelvic gynecologic malignancy in industrialized countries, no targeted therapies are available for patients with metastatic endometrial carcinoma. In order to improve treatment, underlying molecular characteristics of primary and metastatic disease must be explored.We utilized the mass spectrometric-based mutation detection technology OncoMap to define the types and frequency of point somatic mutations in endometrial cancer. 67 primary tumors, 15 metastases corresponding to 7 of the included primary tumors and 11 endometrial cancer cell lines were screened for point mutations in 28 known oncogenes. We found that 27 (40.3%) of 67 primary tumors harbored one or more mutations with no increase in metastatic lesions. FGFR2, KRAS and PIK3CA were consistently the most frequently mutated genes in primary tumors, metastatic lesions and cell lines.Our results emphasize the potential for targeting FGFR2, KRAS and PIK3CA mutations in endometrial cancer for development of novel therapeutic strategies.
Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Genetic Linkage, Science, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, 610, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Gene Frequency, Cell Line, Tumor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Q, Carcinoma, R, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Endometrial Neoplasms, Medicine, Female, Transcriptome, Research Article
Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Genetic Linkage, Science, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, 610, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Gene Frequency, Cell Line, Tumor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Q, Carcinoma, R, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Endometrial Neoplasms, Medicine, Female, Transcriptome, Research Article
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