Purpose: BRAF mutations represent the main negative prognostic factor for metastatic colorectal cancer and a supposed negative predictive factor of response to standard chemotherapy. We have explored survival difference in right-sided colon cancer (RCC) patients according to BRAF mutations, with the aim to identify any predictive factors of response to targeted-based therapy. Methods: A retrospective study of RCC patients, with BRAF known mutation status, treated with chemotherapy (CT) from October 2008 to June 2019 in 5 Italian centers, was conducted. Results: We identified 207 advanced RCC patients: 20.3% BRAF mutant and 79.7% BRAF wild type (wt). BRAF-mutant cancers were more likely to be pT4 (50.0% v 25.7%, p = 0.016), undifferentiated (71.4% v 44.0%, p = 0.004), KRAS wt (90.5% v 38.2%, p < 0.001), and MSI-H (41.7% v 16.2%, p = 0.019) tumors, with synchronous (52.4% v 31.5%, p = 0.018) and peritoneal metastases (38.1% v 22.4%, p = 0.003). Median overall survival (OS) was 16 v 27 months in BRAF mutant and BRAF wt (P = 0.020). In first-line setting, BRAF-mutant showed a 2ys OS of 80% in clinical trials, 32% in anti-VEGF, 14% in epidermial growth factor receptor (EGFR), and 0% in chemotherapy alone regimens (P = 0.009). BRAF-mutant patients demonstrated worse survival, regardless of targeted therapy administered. However, survival difference was statistically significant in the anti-EGFR-treated subgroup (16 v 28 months, P = 0.005 in BRAF mutant v BRAF wt, respectively). Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that BRAF status makes the difference in treatment’s outcome. Therefore, the anti-EGFR should not be excluded in all advanced RCC but considered on a case-by-case basis.

The treatment paradigm of right-sided metastatic colon cancer: harboring BRAF mutation makes the difference / Roberto, M.; Marchetti, P.; Arrivi, G.; Di Pietro, F. R.; Cascinu, S.; Gelsomino, F.; Caputo, F.; Cerma, K.; Ghidini, M.; Ratti, M.; Pizzo, C.; Ficorella, C.; Parisi, A.; Cortellini, A.; Urbano, F.; Calandrella, M. L.; Botticelli, A.; Dell'Aquila, E.; Minelli, A.; Fulgenzi, C.; Montori, A.; Pilozzi, E.; Mazzuca, F.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. - ISSN 0179-1958. - (2020). [10.1007/s00384-020-03589-9]

The treatment paradigm of right-sided metastatic colon cancer: harboring BRAF mutation makes the difference

Roberto M.;Marchetti P.;Arrivi G.;Botticelli A.;Minelli A.;Montori A.;Pilozzi E.;Mazzuca F.
2020

Abstract

Purpose: BRAF mutations represent the main negative prognostic factor for metastatic colorectal cancer and a supposed negative predictive factor of response to standard chemotherapy. We have explored survival difference in right-sided colon cancer (RCC) patients according to BRAF mutations, with the aim to identify any predictive factors of response to targeted-based therapy. Methods: A retrospective study of RCC patients, with BRAF known mutation status, treated with chemotherapy (CT) from October 2008 to June 2019 in 5 Italian centers, was conducted. Results: We identified 207 advanced RCC patients: 20.3% BRAF mutant and 79.7% BRAF wild type (wt). BRAF-mutant cancers were more likely to be pT4 (50.0% v 25.7%, p = 0.016), undifferentiated (71.4% v 44.0%, p = 0.004), KRAS wt (90.5% v 38.2%, p < 0.001), and MSI-H (41.7% v 16.2%, p = 0.019) tumors, with synchronous (52.4% v 31.5%, p = 0.018) and peritoneal metastases (38.1% v 22.4%, p = 0.003). Median overall survival (OS) was 16 v 27 months in BRAF mutant and BRAF wt (P = 0.020). In first-line setting, BRAF-mutant showed a 2ys OS of 80% in clinical trials, 32% in anti-VEGF, 14% in epidermial growth factor receptor (EGFR), and 0% in chemotherapy alone regimens (P = 0.009). BRAF-mutant patients demonstrated worse survival, regardless of targeted therapy administered. However, survival difference was statistically significant in the anti-EGFR-treated subgroup (16 v 28 months, P = 0.005 in BRAF mutant v BRAF wt, respectively). Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that BRAF status makes the difference in treatment’s outcome. Therefore, the anti-EGFR should not be excluded in all advanced RCC but considered on a case-by-case basis.
2020
Anti-EGFR; BRAF; colorectal cancer; RCC; sidedness
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The treatment paradigm of right-sided metastatic colon cancer: harboring BRAF mutation makes the difference / Roberto, M.; Marchetti, P.; Arrivi, G.; Di Pietro, F. R.; Cascinu, S.; Gelsomino, F.; Caputo, F.; Cerma, K.; Ghidini, M.; Ratti, M.; Pizzo, C.; Ficorella, C.; Parisi, A.; Cortellini, A.; Urbano, F.; Calandrella, M. L.; Botticelli, A.; Dell'Aquila, E.; Minelli, A.; Fulgenzi, C.; Montori, A.; Pilozzi, E.; Mazzuca, F.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. - ISSN 0179-1958. - (2020). [10.1007/s00384-020-03589-9]
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