Impact of KRAS mutations and co-mutations on clinical outcomes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Abdelrahman Yousef, Mahmoud Yousef, Saikat Chowdhury, Kawther Abdilleh, Mark Knafl, Paul Edelkamp, Kristin Alfaro-Munoz, Ray Chacko, Jennifer Peterson, Brandon G. Smaglo, Robert A. Wolff, Shubham Pant, Michael S. Lee, Jason Willis, Michael Overman, Sudheer Doss, Lynn Matrisian, Mark W. Hurd, Rebecca Snyder, Matthew H.G. KatzHuamin Wang, Anirban Maitra, John Paul Shen, Dan Zhao

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Abstract

The relevance of KRAS mutation alleles to clinical outcome remains inconclusive in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). We conducted a retrospective study of 803 patients with PDAC (42% with metastatic disease) at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Overall survival (OS) analysis demonstrated that KRAS mutation status and subtypes were prognostic (p < 0.001). Relative to patients with KRAS wildtype tumors (median OS 38 months), patients with KRASG12R had a similar OS (median 34 months), while patients with KRASQ61 and KRASG12D mutated tumors had shorter OS (median 20 months [HR: 1.9, 95% CI 1.2–3.0, p = 0.006] and 22 months [HR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.3–2.3, p < 0.001], respectively). There was enrichment of KRASG12D mutation in metastatic tumors (34% vs 24%, OR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.2–2.4, p = 0.001) and enrichment of KRASG12R in well and moderately differentiated tumors (14% vs 9%, OR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.05–2.99, p = 0.04). Similar findings were observed in the external validation cohort (PanCAN’s Know Your Tumor® dataset, n = 408).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Journalnpj Precision Oncology
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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