Landscape of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway alterations across 19 784 diverse solid tumors

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IMPORTANCE Molecular aberrations in the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway drive tumorigenesis. Frequently co-occurring alterations in hormone receptors and/or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) may be relevant to mechanisms of response and resistance. OBJECTIVE To identify patterns of aberration in the PI3K and interactive pathways that might lead to targeted therapy opportunities in clinical practice. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS From January 2013 through December 2014, 19 784 consecutive tumor samples (>40 cancer types) were sent from thousands of clinicians in 60 countries to a single commercial laboratory for molecular profiling, including next generation sequencing, protein expression (immunohistochemical analysis [IHC]), and gene amplification (fluorescent in situ hybridization or chromogenic in situ hybridization). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Patterns in targetable genomic and proteomic alterations in the PI3K pathway and coincidence with hormone receptor and HER2 alterations. EXPOSURES Molecular profiling across solid tumors. RESULTS Overall, 38%of patients had an alteration in 1 or more PI3K pathway components, most commonly phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) loss (by IHC) (30% of all patients), followed by mutations in PIK3CA (13%), PTEN (6%), or AKT1 (1%). Seventy percent of patients with endometrial cancer and more than 50% of patients with breast, prostate, anal, hepatocellular, colorectal, and cervical cancer exhibited alterations in at least 1 PI3K pathway gene and/or gene product. Examples of frequent aberrations included PTEN loss in hepatocellular (57%of patients), colorectal (48%), gastric (36%), prostate (52%), and endometrial cancer (49%) PIK3CA mutations in endometrial (37%), breast (31%), cervical (29%), and anal cancer (27%). PIK3CA, PTEN, and AKT1 mutations occurred more frequently in the presence of hormone receptor overexpression (androgen, progesterone, or estrogen receptor). PIK3CA mutations were also more common in the HER2-positive than in the HER2-negative group the opposite pattern was seen for PTEN mutation or PTEN loss. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE PI3K pathway aberrations are among the most common in cancer. They do not segregate by classic cancer histologic characteristics. Patterns of biomarker coalterations involving HER2 and hormone receptors may be important for optimizing combination treatments across cancer types.

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Millis, S. Z., Ikeda, S., Reddy, S., Gatalica, Z., & Kurzrock, R. (2016). Landscape of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway alterations across 19 784 diverse solid tumors. JAMA Oncology, 2(12), 1565–1573. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0891

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