Prevalence and clinical implications of germline pathogenic variants in cancer predisposing genes in young patients across sarcoma subtypes

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Carvalho Nathalia de Angelis de,Santiago Karina MirandaORCID,Maia Joyce Maria Lisboa,Costa Felipe D’Almeida,Formiga Maria Nirvana,Soares Diogo Cordeiro de Queiroz,Paixão Daniele,Mello Celso Abdon Lopes de,Costa Cecilia Maria Lima da,Rocha José Claudio Casali da,Rivera BarbaraORCID,Carraro Dirce Maria,Torrezan Giovana TardinORCID

Abstract

BackgroundSarcomas are a rare and diverse group of cancers occurring mainly in young individuals for which an underlying germline genetic cause remains unclear in most cases.MethodsGermline DNA from 177 children, adolescents and young adults with soft tissue or bone sarcomas was tested using multigene panels with 113 or 126 cancer predisposing genes (CPGs) to describe the prevalence of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (GPVs). Subsequent testing of a subset of tumours for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) evaluation was performed to investigate the clinical and molecular significance of these variants.ResultsGPVs were detected in 21.5% (38/177) of the patients (15.8% in children and 21.6% in adolescents and young adults), with dominant CPGs being altered in 15.2% overall. These variants were found in genes previously associated with the risk of developing sarcomas (TP53,RB1,NF1,EXT1/2) but also in genes where that risk is still emerging/limited (ERCC2,TSC2andBRCA2) or unknown (PALB2,RAD50,FANCMand others). The detection rates of GPVs varied from 0% to 33% across sarcoma subtypes and GPV carriers were more likely to present more than one primary tumour than non-carriers (21.1%×6.5%; p=0.012). Loss of the wild-type allele was detected in 48% of tumours from GPV carriers, mostly in genes definitively associated with sarcoma risk.ConclusionOur findings reveal that a high proportion of young patients with sarcomas presented a GPV in a CPG, underscoring the urgency of establishing appropriate genetic screening strategies for these individuals and their families.

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

CAPES

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Publisher

BMJ

Subject

Genetics (clinical),Genetics

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