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Laguna JC, Tagliamento M, Lambertini M, Hiznay J, Mezquita L. Tackling Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Young Adults: From Risk Factors and Genetic Susceptibility to Lung Cancer Profile and Outcomes. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2024; 44:e432488. [PMID: 38788188 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_432488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
Abstract
Lung cancer has traditionally been associated with advanced age; however, its increasing incidence among young adults raises concerning questions regarding its etiology and unique considerations for this population. In contrast to the older population, the onset of lung cancer at younger age may be attributed to a complex interplay of incompletely understood individual susceptibility and prevalent environmental risk factors beyond tobacco smoke exposure, such as radon gas and air pollution, which are widespread globally. Consequently, this leads to distinct clinical and molecular profiles, requiring a tailored approach. Furthermore, a diagnosis of cancer represents a threatening event during the prime years of a young person's life, prompting concern about career development, social aspects, fertility aspirations, and physical independence. This poses significant additional challenges for health care professionals in a field that remains underexplored. This comprehensive review recognizes lung cancer in young adults as a distinct entity, exploring its clinical and molecular characteristics, diverse predisposing factors, and priorities in terms of quality of life, with the aim of providing practical support to oncologists and enhancing our understanding of this under-researched population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan Carlos Laguna
- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Laboratory of Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapies in Solid Tumors, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), School of Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Department of Medical Oncology, Clinica di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), School of Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Department of Medical Oncology, Clinica di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Laboratory of Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapies in Solid Tumors, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Zhou L, Li H, Yang S. Age does matter in adolescents and young adults vs. older adults with lung adenocarcinoma: A retrospective analysis comparing clinical characteristics and outcomes in response to systematic treatments. Oncol Lett 2022; 24:362. [PMID: 36238846 PMCID: PMC9494353 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2022.13482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Lin Zhou
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong 512025, P.R. China
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- Medical Research Center, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong 512025, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, YueBei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong 512025, P.R. China
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Han X, Ren P, Ma S. Bioinformatics analysis reveals three key genes and four survival genes associated with youth-onset NSCLC. Open Med (Wars) 2022; 17:1123-1133. [PMID: 35859798 PMCID: PMC9263893 DOI: 10.1515/med-2022-0492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Youth-onset non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous disease. It has a unique clinicopathology and special genetic background. In this study, three key genes, CDC20, CCNB2, and BUB1, have been identified in youth-onset NSCLC tumor tissues based on the TCGA and GEO cohorts. Functional enrichment analysis reveals that the “oocyte meiosis,” “cell cycle,” and the “P53 signaling pathway” are significantly enriched. Additionally, four survival genes, including AKAP12, CRIM1, FEN1, and SLC7A11, that affect the prognosis of youth-onset NSCLC patients are identified in this study. Finally, we construct a risk model to predict the overall survival of youth-onset NSCLC patients, the AUC of the risk model in 1, 3, and 5 years of overall survival is 0.808, 0.844, and 0.728. This study aims to provide a novel idea to explore the pathogenic genes of youth-onset NSCLC.
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- Xuan Han
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian, Beijing 100191, China
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Viñal D, Martínez D, Higuera O, de Castro J. Genomic profiling in non-small-cell lung cancer in young patients. A systematic review. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100045. [PMID: 33516149 PMCID: PMC7844571 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2020.100045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lung cancer in young patients is an uncommon and understudied entity that harbors distinctive epidemiological, clinic-demographic, and genomic features. We carried out a systematic review of genomic profiling in young patients with lung cancer from 2010 to 2020 in the main electronic databases and selected 23 manuscripts. Lung cancer in young patients occurs more frequently in women with adenocarcinoma histology and at more advanced stages. Some studies report higher oncogenic genomic alteration in this population, with higher anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements, a distinct profile of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations, and other novel genomic alterations. Although still uncommon, the implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has shed some light on germline genomic alterations associated with lung cancer in young patients. Although outcomes when compared with the older population are conflicting, the overall prognosis is still poor in this subset of patients and efforts to find targetable genomic alterations should be made to improve survival.
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- D Viñal
- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Experimental Therapies and Novel Biomarkers in Cancer IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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Tian P, Liu Y, Zeng H, Tang Y, Lizaso A, Ye J, Shao L, Li Y. Unique molecular features and clinical outcomes in young patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring ALK fusion genes. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2020; 146:935-944. [PMID: 31894386 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-019-03116-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to determine the molecular features and clinical outcomes of young patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring ALK fusion genes. METHODS We interrogated the genomic profile of 1652 patients with lung cancer who underwent targeted next-generation sequencing to screen for candidate oncogenic drivers using histological specimens acquired from January 2016 to December 2018. RESULTS ALK fusions were identified in 101 NSCLC patients, and 52 of them were diagnosed before the age of 50 years (52/367, 14.2%). Of the 52 patients with early-onset disease, 22 (42.3%) were male and 43 (82.7%) never smoked; the median patient age was 44 years (range 28-50 years). The most frequently occurring ALK fusion partner was EML4, which was identified in 80.8% (42/52) of young patients. Compared to the older patients, patients with early-onset disease were more likely to harbor EML4-ALK variant 1 (38.5% vs. 14.3%; P = 0.007). We also identified rare ALK fusions, including CHRNA7-ALK, TACR1-ALK, HIP1-ALK, DYSF-ALK and ITGAV-ALK, in patients with early-onset disease, and patients with these fusions responded well to crizotinib treatment. A statistically significant difference was observed in progression-free survival (PFS) between the young patients and older patients who received crizotinib as the first-line therapy (17.5 months vs 9.0 months, P = 0.048). However, the median PFS of young patients harboring concurrent TP53 mutations was only 6.2 months. CONCLUSION Unique genetic characteristics were found in ALK-rearranged NSCLC patients with early disease onset, and these patients responded better to crizotinib and had longer PFS compared to patients with later disease onset. However, patients with concomitant TP53 mutations may not have a significant response to treatment.
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- Panwen Tian
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.,Lung Cancer Treatment Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
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