TY - JOUR
T1 - The Combination of RET, BRAF and Demographic Data Identifies Subsets of Patients with Aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer
AU - Martínez, Jose R.W.
AU - Vargas-Salas, Sergio
AU - Gamboa, Soledad Urra
AU - Muñoz, Estefanía
AU - Domínguez, José Miguel
AU - León, Augusto
AU - Droppelmann, Nicolás
AU - Solar, Antonieta
AU - Zafereo, Mark
AU - Holsinger, F. Christopher
AU - González, Hernán E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - The use of BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1 as biomarkers to guide the extent of surgery in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. We assessed the combined use of demographic data (sex and age) with mRNA expression levels and/or mutational status (BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1) to identify potential subsets of patients with aggressive histopathological features (lymph node metastases and extrathyroidal extension). In a cohort of 126 consecutive patients, BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1 mutations were found in 52 and 18%, respectively. By conditional bivariate analysis (CBVA), a ‘high activity’ profile of BRAF (BRAFV600E positive or high expression) and ‘low activity’ profile of RET (RET/PTC1 negative or low expression) was associated with extrathyroidal extension (ETE) (OR 4.48). Alternatively, a ‘high activity’ profile of RET (RET/PTC1 positive or high expression) and ‘low activity’ profile of BRAF (BRAFV600E negative or low expression) were associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM) (OR 12.80). Furthermore, in patients younger than 55 years, a low expression of BRAF was associated with LNM (OR 17.65) and the presence of BRAFV600E mutation was associated with ETE (OR 2.76). Our results suggest that the analysis of demographic and molecular variables by CBVA could contribute to identify subsets of patients with aggressive histopathologic features, providing a potential guide to personalised surgical management of PTC.
AB - The use of BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1 as biomarkers to guide the extent of surgery in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. We assessed the combined use of demographic data (sex and age) with mRNA expression levels and/or mutational status (BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1) to identify potential subsets of patients with aggressive histopathological features (lymph node metastases and extrathyroidal extension). In a cohort of 126 consecutive patients, BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1 mutations were found in 52 and 18%, respectively. By conditional bivariate analysis (CBVA), a ‘high activity’ profile of BRAF (BRAFV600E positive or high expression) and ‘low activity’ profile of RET (RET/PTC1 negative or low expression) was associated with extrathyroidal extension (ETE) (OR 4.48). Alternatively, a ‘high activity’ profile of RET (RET/PTC1 positive or high expression) and ‘low activity’ profile of BRAF (BRAFV600E negative or low expression) were associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM) (OR 12.80). Furthermore, in patients younger than 55 years, a low expression of BRAF was associated with LNM (OR 17.65) and the presence of BRAFV600E mutation was associated with ETE (OR 2.76). Our results suggest that the analysis of demographic and molecular variables by CBVA could contribute to identify subsets of patients with aggressive histopathologic features, providing a potential guide to personalised surgical management of PTC.
KW - BRAF V600E
KW - Extrathyroidal extension
KW - Lymph node metastasis
KW - Papillary thyroid cancer
KW - RET/PTC1
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U2 - 10.1007/s12672-019-0359-8
DO - 10.1007/s12672-019-0359-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 30903583
AN - SCOPUS:85067266390
SN - 1868-8497
VL - 10
SP - 97
EP - 106
JO - Hormones and Cancer
JF - Hormones and Cancer
IS - 2-3
ER -