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Hum Pathol ; 51: 41-50, 2016 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27067781

ABSTRACT

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society and 2015 World Health Organization classifications of lung adenocarcinoma recommend designating tumors showing entirely lepidic growth as adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and lepidic tumors with invasion less than or equal to 5 mm as minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA), both of which have superior outcome to conventional invasive adenocarcinoma (IA). Data on interobserver variability within this classification are limited, and further validation of the superior survival of AIS and MIA is needed. A total of 296 surgically excised pulmonary adenocarcinomas were reviewed from 254 patients (1997-2009). Slides were independently reviewed by 2 pulmonary pathologists who categorized tumors as AIS, MIA, or IA. Of 296 nodules, 244 (82.4%) were agreed upon by both observers: 10 AIS, 61 MIA, and 173 IA (κ = 0.63, good agreement). In 6 cases (2%), there was disagreement between AIS and MIA; in 45 cases (15%), there was disagreement between MIA and IA; and in 1 case, there was disagreement between AIS and IA. Overall survival was significantly different among categories as determined by both observers. Cases with disagreement between MIA and IA had similar survival to agreed MIA. Disease-specific 10-year survival was 100% for AIS (both observers) and 97.3% and 97.6% for MIA, although this did not reach statistical significance compared to IA for either observer. Good agreement was present between observers when classifying tumors as AIS, MIA, and IA. Significant differences in overall survival were present between the 3 groups for both observers, and interobserver variability was evident. Patients with AIS and MIA experienced excellent DSS.


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Adenocarcinoma in Situ/classification , Adenocarcinoma in Situ/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/classification , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Lung Neoplasms/classification , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/diagnostic imaging , Adenocarcinoma in Situ/diagnostic imaging , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Disease-Free Survival , Female , Humans , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Observer Variation , Proportional Hazards Models , Radiography , Young Adult
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Genome Res ; 18(11): 1698-710, 2008 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18775914

ABSTRACT

Copy number variants (CNVs) underlie many aspects of human phenotypic diversity and provide the raw material for gene duplication and gene family expansion. However, our understanding of their evolutionary significance remains limited. We performed comparative genomic hybridization on a single human microarray platform to identify CNVs among the genomes of 30 humans and 30 chimpanzees as well as fixed copy number differences between species. We found that human and chimpanzee CNVs occur in orthologous genomic regions far more often than expected by chance and are strongly associated with the presence of highly homologous intrachromosomal segmental duplications. By adapting population genetic analyses for use with copy number data, we identified functional categories of genes that have likely evolved under purifying or positive selection for copy number changes. In particular, duplications and deletions of genes with inflammatory response and cell proliferation functions may have been fixed by positive selection and involved in the adaptive phenotypic differentiation of humans and chimpanzees.


Subject(s)
Biological Evolution , Gene Dosage , Pan troglodytes/genetics , Animals , Base Sequence , Chromosomes, Human/genetics , Comparative Genomic Hybridization , DNA Primers/genetics , Genetic Variation , Genome, Human , Humans , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Polymorphism, Genetic , Species Specificity
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Science ; 316(5827): 1039-43, 2007 May 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17463250

ABSTRACT

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib are effective treatments for lung cancers with EGFR activating mutations, but these tumors invariably develop drug resistance. Here, we describe a gefitinib-sensitive lung cancer cell line that developed resistance to gefitinib as a result of focal amplification of the MET proto-oncogene. inhibition of MET signaling in these cells restored their sensitivity to gefitinib. MET amplification was detected in 4 of 18 (22%) lung cancer specimens that had developed resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib. We find that amplification of MET causes gefitinib resistance by driving ERBB3 (HER3)-dependent activation of PI3K, a pathway thought to be specific to EGFR/ERBB family receptors. Thus, we propose that MET amplification may promote drug resistance in other ERBB-driven cancers as well.


Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology , Gene Amplification , Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics , Quinazolines/pharmacology , Receptor, ErbB-3/metabolism , Receptors, Growth Factor/genetics , Signal Transduction , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , CHO Cells , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm , Enzyme Inhibitors , Gefitinib , Humans , Indoles/pharmacology , Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy , Lung Neoplasms/genetics , Lung Neoplasms/metabolism , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism , Phosphorylation , Proto-Oncogene Mas , Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met , Quinazolines/therapeutic use , Receptors, Growth Factor/metabolism , Sulfones/pharmacology
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