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J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Jun;7(3):306-14. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2015.11.04.

TNFRSF10C copy number variation is associated with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal of gastrointestinal oncology

Daniel G Tanenbaum, William A Hall, Lauren E Colbert, Amanda J Bastien, Daniel J Brat, Jun Kong, Sungjin Kim, Bhakti Dwivedi, Jeanne Kowalski, Jerome C Landry, David S Yu

Affiliations

  1. 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, 2 Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, GA, USA ; 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA ; 4 Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA ; 5 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 6 Department of Biomedical Informatics, 7 Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, 8 Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 27284460 PMCID: PMC4880759 DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2015.11.04

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Genetic markers for distant metastatic disease in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are not well defined. Identification of genetic alterations associated with metastatic CRC could help to guide systemic and local treatment strategies. We evaluated the association of tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10C (TNFRSF10C) copy number variation (CNV) with distant metastatic disease in patients with CRC using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).

METHODS: Genetic sequencing data and clinical characteristics were obtained from TCGA for all available patients with CRC. There were 515 CRC patient samples with CNV and clinical outcome data, including a subset of 144 rectal adenocarcinoma patient samples. Using the TCGA CRC dataset, CNV of TNFRSF10C was evaluated for association with distant metastatic disease (M1 vs. M0). Multivariate logistic regression analysis with odds ratio (OR) using a 95% confidence interval (CI) was performed adjusting for age, T stage, N stage, adjuvant chemotherapy, gender, microsatellite instability (MSI), location, and surgical margin status.

RESULTS: TNFRSF10C CNV in patients with CRC was associated with distant metastatic disease [OR 4.81 (95% CI, 2.13-10.85) P<0.001] and positive lymph nodes [OR 18.83 (95% CI, 8.42-42.09)]; P<0.001) but not MSI (OR P=0.799). On multivariate analysis, after adjusting for pathologic T stage, N stage, adjuvant chemotherapy, gender, and MSI, TNFRSF10C CNV remained significantly associated with distant metastatic disease (OR P=0.018). Subset analysis revealed that TNFRSF10C CNV was also significantly associated with distant metastatic disease in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma (OR P=0.016).

CONCLUSIONS: TNFRSF10C CNV in patients with CRC is associated with distant metastatic disease. With further validation, such genetic profiles could be used clinically to support optimal systemic treatment strategies versus more aggressive local therapies in patients with CRC, including radiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Biomarker; colorectal cancer (CRC); copy number aberration; copy number variation (CNV); genetic marker; rectal cancer

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