Cheol-Kyu Park1, In-Jae Oh1, Yoo-Duk Choi2, Tae-Won Jang3, Jeong-Eun Lee4, Jeong-Seon Ryu5, Shin-Yup Lee6, Young-Chul Kim1. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea. 2. Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. 5. Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictive role of c-MET expression and EGFR mutation in the efficacy of erlotinib in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: We prospectively recruited 196 patients with stage IV or recurrent NSCLC treated with erlotinib after failure of first-line chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate c-MET overexpression, silver in situ hybridization (SISH) to assess gene copy number, and real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect EGFR mutations, respectively, in tumor tissue. RESULTS: The major histologic type was adenocarcinoma (66.8%). c-MET was overexpressed in 55.8% (87/156) and dominant in females as well as non-squamous histology. Although c-MET gene amplification and high polysomy were observed in 2.0% (3/152) and 11.2% (17/152), they did not correlate with any characteristics. EGFR mutation was detected in 13.1% (20/153). The objective response rate of erlotinib was higher (61.1 vs. 3.7%, p < 0.001) and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was longer (10.2 vs. 1.9 months, p < 0.001) in EGFR-sensitizing mutations. However, c-MET positivity did not show a significant correlation with response to erlotinib or PFS. CONCLUSION: We reconfirmed EGFR mutation as a strong predictive marker of NSCLC. However, c-MET positivity was not associated with response or PFS, although c-MET overexpression correlated with some clinical characteristics.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictive role of c-MET expression and EGFR mutation in the efficacy of erlotinib in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: We prospectively recruited 196 patients with stage IV or recurrent NSCLC treated with erlotinib after failure of first-line chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate c-MET overexpression, silver in situ hybridization (SISH) to assess gene copy number, and real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect EGFR mutations, respectively, in tumor tissue. RESULTS: The major histologic type was adenocarcinoma (66.8%). c-MET was overexpressed in 55.8% (87/156) and dominant in females as well as non-squamous histology. Although c-MET gene amplification and high polysomy were observed in 2.0% (3/152) and 11.2% (17/152), they did not correlate with any characteristics. EGFR mutation was detected in 13.1% (20/153). The objective response rate of erlotinib was higher (61.1 vs. 3.7%, p < 0.001) and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was longer (10.2 vs. 1.9 months, p < 0.001) in EGFR-sensitizing mutations. However, c-MET positivity did not show a significant correlation with response to erlotinib or PFS. CONCLUSION: We reconfirmed EGFR mutation as a strong predictive marker of NSCLC. However, c-MET positivity was not associated with response or PFS, although c-MET overexpression correlated with some clinical characteristics.
Authors: Huizi Lei; Li Liu; Jiacong Wei; Yutao Liu; Yun Ling; Xin Wang; Lei Guo; Weihua Li; Jianming Ying; Lin Yang Journal: Transl Cancer Res Date: 2021-01 Impact factor: 1.241