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The mutations of the EGFR and K-ras genes in resected stage I lung adenocarcinoma and their clinical significance

Authors: Taro Ohba, Gouji Toyokawa, Takuro Kometani, Kaname Nosaki, Fumihiko Hirai, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Motoharu Hamatake, Takashi Seto, Yukito Ichinose, Kenji Sugio

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 3/2014

Abstract

Purpose

This study retrospectively assessed the mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and K-ras genes and their clinical significance in patients with resected stage I adenocarcinomas.

Methods

A total of 354 patients with resected lung adenocarcinomas were included, and 256 patients with stage I disease were analyzed for the prognostic and predictive value of these mutations.

Results

Mutations of EGFR and K-ras genes were detected in 149 (41.1 %) and 23 (6.4 %) of all tumors, and in 122 (47.6 %) and 14 (5.5 %) of stage I tumors, respectively. There were no significant differences in the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) between the EGFR-mutant and wild-type groups. However, the DFS and OS were significantly shorter in patients with K-ras mutations than in those without (5-year DFS: 50.8 vs. 76.9 %, 5-year OS: 70.0 vs. 86.6 %, p < 0.01). A multivariate analysis showed that K-ras mutations were an independent poor prognostic factor. Twenty-four of the 41 patients with recurrent disease after surgery were treated with an EGFR–TKI. Fifteen EGFR-mutant patients treated with an EGFR–TKI had a better prognosis than did the nine EGFR-wild-type patients.

Conclusion

The presence of an EGFR gene mutation was a predictive factor for the response to EGFR–TKI treatment in patients with resected stage I adenocarcinoma, but was not a prognostic factor. The presence of a K-ras gene mutation was a poor prognostic factor.

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Title: The mutations of the EGFR and K-ras genes in resected stage I lung adenocarcinoma and their clinical significance
Authors: Taro Ohba
Gouji Toyokawa
Takuro Kometani
Kaname Nosaki
Fumihiko Hirai
Masafumi Yamaguchi
Motoharu Hamatake
Takashi Seto
Yukito Ichinose
Kenji Sugio
Publication date: 01-03-2014
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-013-0589-2

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The mutations of the EGFR and K-ras genes in resected stage I lung adenocarcinoma and their clinical significance

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