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Vásquez W, Toro CA, Cardozo CP, Cea LA, Sáez JC. Pathophysiological role of connexin and pannexin hemichannels in neuromuscular disorders. J Physiol 2024. [PMID: 39173050 DOI: 10.1113/jp286173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024] Open
Abstract
A growing body of research has provided evidence that de novo expression of connexin hemichannels and upregulation of pannexin hemichannels (Cx HCs and Panx HCs, respectively) in the cytoplasmic membrane of skeletal muscle (sarcolemma) are critical steps in the pathogenesis of muscle dysfunction of many genetic and acquired muscle diseases. This review provides an overview of the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating the expression of Cx and Panx HCs in skeletal muscle, as well as their roles in both muscle physiology and pathologies. Additionally, it addresses existing gaps in knowledge and outlines future challenges in the field.
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Affiliation(s)
- Walter Vásquez
- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Centro Interdisciplinario De Neurociencia De Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Spinal Cord Damage Research Center, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Spinal Cord Damage Research Center, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Neurociencias, Centro Interdisciplinario De Neurociencia De Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Dermawan JK, Malik F, Gross JM, Baraban E, Pratilas C, Mneimneh W, Trucco M, Sun W, Barr FG, D'Almeida Costa F, Fritchie KJ. Novel PAX3::MAML3 fusion identified in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, using DNA methylation profiling to expand the genetic spectrum of "fusion-positive" cases. Mod Pathol 2024:100594. [PMID: 39147032 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) with FOXO1 gene rearrangements is an aggressive pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma subtype that is prognostically distinct from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and fusion-negative ARMS. Herein, we report two cases of ARMS with PAX3::MAML3 fusions. The tumors arose in an infant and an adolescent as stage IV metastatic disease (by Children's Oncology Group staging system). Histologically, both cases were small round blue cell tumors arranged in vague nests and solid sheets that were diffusely positive for desmin and myogenin. By methylation profiling and unsupervised clustering analysis, the tumors clustered with ARMS with classic FOXO1 rearrangements and ARMS with variant PAX3::NCOA1/INO80D fusions, but not with biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma (BSNS) with PAX3::MAML3/NCOA2/FOXO1/YAP1 fusions, nor with other small round blue cell tumors, including embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. The differentially methylated genes between ARMS and BSNS were highly enriched in genes involved in myogenesis, and 21% of these genes overlap with target genes of the PAX3::FOXO1 fusion transcription factor. On follow-up after initiation of vincristine/actinomycin/cyclophosphamide chemotherapy, the tumors showed partial and complete clinical response, consistent with typical upfront chemotherapy responsiveness of ARMS with the classic FOXO1 rearrangement. We conclude that PAX3::MAML3 is a novel variant fusion of ARMS, which displays a methylation signature distinct from BSNS despite sharing similar PAX3 fusions. These findings highlight the utility of methylation profiling in classifying ARMS with non-canonical fusions.
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- Josephine K Dermawan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Gupta AA, Xue W, Harrison DJ, Hawkins DS, Dasgupta R, Wolden S, Shulkin B, Qumseya A, Routh JC, MacDonald T, Feinberg S, Crompton B, Rudzinski ER, Arnold M, Venkatramani R. Addition of temsirolimus to chemotherapy in children, adolescents, and young adults with intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma (ARST1431): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial from the Children's Oncology Group. Lancet Oncol 2024; 25:912-921. [PMID: 38936378 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(24)00255-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND The Children's Oncology Group defines intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma as unresected FOXO1 fusion-negative disease arising at an unfavourable site or non-metastatic FOXO1 fusion-positive disease. Temsirolimus in combination with chemotherapy has shown promising activity in patients with relapsed or refractory rhabdomyosarcoma. We aimed to compare event-free survival in patients with intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma treated with vincristine, actinomycin, and cyclophosphamide alternating with vincristine and irinotecan (VAC/VI) combined with temsirolimus followed by maintenance therapy versus VAC/VI alone with maintenance therapy. METHODS ARST1431 was a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial conducted across 210 institutions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. Eligible patients were those aged 40 years or younger with non-metastatic FOXO1-positive rhabdomyosarcoma or unresected FOXO1-negative rhabdomyosarcoma disease from unfavourable sites. Two other groups of patients were also eligible: those who had FOXO1-negative disease at a favourable site (excluding orbit) that was unresected; and those who were aged younger than 10 years with stage IV FOXO1-negative disease with distant metastases. Eligible patients had to have a Lansky performance status score of 50 or higher if 16 years or younger and a Karnofsky performance status score of 50 or higher if older than 16 years; all patients were previously untreated. Patients were randomised (1:1) in blocks of four and stratified by histology, stage, and group. Patients received intravenous VAC/VI chemotherapy with a cyclophosphamide dose of 1·2 g/m2 per dose per cycle with or without a reducing dose of intravenous weekly temsirolimus starting at 15 mg/m2 or 0·5 mg/kg per dose for those who weighed less than 10 kg. The total duration of therapy was 42 weeks followed by 6 months of maintenance therapy with oral cyclophosphamide plus intravenous vinorelbine for all patients. Temsirolimus was withheld during radiotherapy and for 2 weeks before any major surgical procedure. The primary endpoint was 3-year event-free survival. Data were analysed with a revised intention-to-treat approach. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02567435) and is complete. FINDINGS Between May 23, 2016, and Jan 1, 2022, 325 patients were enrolled. In 297 evaluable patients (148 assigned to VAC/VI alone and 149 assigned to VAC/VI with temsirolimus), the median age was 6·3 years (IQR 3·0-11·3); 33 (11%) patients were aged 18 years or older; 179 (60%) of 297 were male. 113 (77%) of 148 patients were FOXO1 negative in the VAC/VI group, and 108 (73%) of 149 were FOXO1 negative in the VAC/VI with temsirolimus group. With a median follow-up of 3·6 years (IQR 2·8-4·5), 3-year event-free survival did not differ significantly between the two groups (64·8% [95% CI 55·5-74·1] in the VAC/VI group vs 66·8% [57·5-76·2] in the VAC/VI plus temsirolimus group (hazard ratio 0·86 [95% CI 0·58-1·26]; log-rank p=0·44). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were anaemia (62 events in 60 [41%] of 148 patients in the VAC/VI group vs 89 events in 87 [58%] of 149 patients in the VAC/VI with temsirolimus group), lymphopenia (83 events in 65 [44%] vs 99 events in 71 [48%]), neutropenia (160 events in 99 [67%] vs 164 events in 105 [70%]), and leukopenia (121 events in 86 [58%] vs 132 events in 93 [62%]). There was one treatment-related death in the VAC/VI with temsirolimus group, categorised as not otherwise specified. INTERPRETATION Addition of temsirolimus to VAC/VI did not improve event-free survival in patients with intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma defined by their FOXO1 translocation status and clinical factors. Novel biology-based strategies are needed to improve outcomes in this population. FUNDING The Children's Oncology Group (supported by the US National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health).
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- Abha A Gupta
- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- COG Data Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Maimonides Cancer Center at Maimonides Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Kucinski JP, Calderon D, Kendall GC. Biological and therapeutic insights from animal modeling of fusion-driven pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. Dis Model Mech 2024; 17:dmm050704. [PMID: 38916046 PMCID: PMC11225592 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.050704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Survival for children with cancer has primarily improved over the past decades due to refinements in surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Although these general therapies are sometimes curative, the cancer often recurs, resulting in poor outcomes for patients. Fusion-driven pediatric soft tissue sarcomas are genetically defined by chromosomal translocations that create a chimeric oncogene. This distinctive, almost 'monogenic', genetic feature supports the generation of animal models to study the respective diseases in vivo. This Review focuses on a subset of fusion-driven pediatric soft tissue sarcomas that have transgenic animal tumor models, which includes fusion-positive and infantile rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, undifferentiated small round cell sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma and clear cell sarcoma. Studies using the animal models of these sarcomas have highlighted that pediatric cancers require a specific cellular state or developmental stage to drive tumorigenesis, as the fusion oncogenes cause different outcomes depending on their lineage and timing of expression. Therefore, understanding these context-specific activities could identify targetable activities and mechanisms critical for tumorigenesis. Broadly, these cancers show dependencies on chromatin regulators to support oncogenic gene expression and co-opting of developmental pathways. Comparative analyses across lineages and tumor models will further provide biological and therapeutic insights to improve outcomes for these children.
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- Jack P. Kucinski
- Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology PhD Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology PhD Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology PhD Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
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Dehner CA, Rudzinski ER, Davis JL. Rhabdomyosarcoma: Updates on classification and the necessity of molecular testing beyond immunohistochemistry. Hum Pathol 2024; 147:72-81. [PMID: 38135061 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents under the age of 20. The current World Health Organization (WHO) classification for soft tissue and bone tumors recognizes 4 distinct subtypes of RMS based on clinicopathological and molecular genetic features: embryonal, alveolar, spindle cell/sclerosing and pleomorphic subtypes. However, with the increased use of molecular techniques, the classification of rhabdomyosarcoma has been evolving rapidly. New subtypes such as osseus RMS harboring TFCP2/NCOA2 fusions or RMS arising in inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumor have been emerging within the last decade, adding to the complexity of diagnosing skeletal muscle tumors. This review article provides an overview of classically recognized distinctive subtypes as well as new, evolving subtypes and discusses important morphologic, immunophenotypic and molecular genetic features of each subtype including recommendations for a diagnostic approach of malignant skeletal muscle neoplasms.
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- Carina A Dehner
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children's Hospital and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Glembocki AI, Somers GR. Prognostic and predictive biomarkers in paediatric solid tumours. Pathology 2024; 56:283-296. [PMID: 38216399 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2023.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Characterisation of histological, immunohistochemical and molecular prognostic and predictive biomarkers has contributed significantly to precision medicine and better outcomes in the management of paediatric solid tumours. Prognostic biomarkers allow predictions to be made regarding a tumour's aggressiveness and clinical course, whereas predictive biomarkers help determine responses to a specific treatment. This review summarises prognostic biomarkers currently used in the more common paediatric solid tumours, with a brief commentary on the most relevant less common predictive biomarkers. MYCN amplification is the most important genetic alteration in neuroblastoma prognosis, and the histological classification devised by Shimada in 1999 is still used in routine diagnosis. Moreover, a new subgrouping of unfavourable histology neuroblastoma enables immunohistochemical characterisation of tumours with markedly different genetic features and prognosis. The predominant histology and commonly observed cytogenetic abnormalities are recognised outcome predictors in Wilms tumour. Evaluation for anaplasia, which is tightly associated with TP53 gene mutations and poor outcomes, is central in both the International Society of Paediatric Oncology and the Children's Oncology Group approaches to disease classification. Characterisation of distinct genotype-phenotype subclasses and critical mutations has expanded overall understanding of hepatoblastoma outcomes. The C1 subclass hepatoblastoma and CTNNB1 mutations are associated with good prognosis. In contrast, the C2 subclass, NFE2L2 mutations, TERT promoter mutations and high expression of oncofetal proteins and stem cell markers are associated with poor outcomes. Risk stratification in sarcomas is highly variable depending on the entity. The prognosis of rhabdomyosarcoma, for example, primarily depends on histological and molecular characteristics. Advances in our understanding of clinically significant biomarkers will translate into more precise diagnoses, improved risk stratification and more effective and less toxic treatment in this challenging group of patients.
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- Aida I Glembocki
- Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Vicha A, Jencova P, Novakova-Kodetova D, Stolova L, Voriskova D, Vyletalova K, Broz P, Drahokoupilova E, Guha A, Kopecká M, Krskova L. Changes on chromosome 11p15.5 as specific marker for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma? Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2023; 62:732-739. [PMID: 37530573 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.23194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS) constitute a heterogeneous spectrum of tumors with respect to clinical behavior and tumor morphology. The paternal uniparental disomy (pUPD) of 11p15.5 is a molecular change described mainly in embryonal RMS. In addition to LOH, UPD, the MLPA technique (ME030kit) also determines copy number variants and methylation of H19 and KCNQ1OT1 genes, which have not been systematically investigated in RMS. All 127 RMS tumors were divided by histology and PAX status into four groups, pleomorphic histology (n = 2); alveolar RMS PAX fusion-positive (PAX+; n = 39); embryonal RMS (n = 70) and fusion-negative RMS with alveolar pattern (PAX-RMS-AP; n = 16). The following changes were detected; negative (n = 21), pUPD (n = 75), gain of paternal allele (n = 9), loss of maternal allele (n = 9), hypermethylation of H19 (n = 6), hypomethylation of KCNQ1OT1 (n = 6), and deletion of CDKN1C (n = 1). We have shown no difference in the frequency of pUPD 11p15.5 in all groups. Thus, we have proven that changes in the 11p15.5 are not only specific to the embryonal RMS (ERMS), but are often also present in alveolar RMS (ARMS). We have found changes that have not yet been described in RMS. We also demonstrated new potential diagnostic markers for ERMS (paternal duplication and UPD of whole chromosome 11) and for ARMS PAX+ (hypomethylation KCNQ1OT1).
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- Ales Vicha
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
- BIOXSYS, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zarrabi A, Perrin D, Kavoosi M, Sommer M, Sezen S, Mehrbod P, Bhushan B, Machaj F, Rosik J, Kawalec P, Afifi S, Bolandi SM, Koleini P, Taheri M, Madrakian T, Łos MJ, Lindsey B, Cakir N, Zarepour A, Hushmandi K, Fallah A, Koc B, Khosravi A, Ahmadi M, Logue S, Orive G, Pecic S, Gordon JW, Ghavami S. Rhabdomyosarcoma: Current Therapy, Challenges, and Future Approaches to Treatment Strategies. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5269. [PMID: 37958442 PMCID: PMC10650215 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare cancer arising in skeletal muscle that typically impacts children and young adults. It is a worldwide challenge in child health as treatment outcomes for metastatic and recurrent disease still pose a major concern for both basic and clinical scientists. The treatment strategies for rhabdomyosarcoma include multi-agent chemotherapies after surgical resection with or without ionization radiotherapy. In this comprehensive review, we first provide a detailed clinical understanding of rhabdomyosarcoma including its classification and subtypes, diagnosis, and treatment strategies. Later, we focus on chemotherapy strategies for this childhood sarcoma and discuss the impact of three mechanisms that are involved in the chemotherapy response including apoptosis, macro-autophagy, and the unfolded protein response. Finally, we discuss in vivo mouse and zebrafish models and in vitro three-dimensional bioengineering models of rhabdomyosarcoma to screen future therapeutic approaches and promote muscle regeneration.
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- Ali Zarrabi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Sariyer, Istanbul 34396, Türkiye; (A.Z.); (A.Z.)
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- Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (D.P.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krzywousty St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland;
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- Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (D.P.); (M.S.)
- Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye; (S.S.); (N.C.); (B.K.)
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- Department of Influenza and Respiratory Viruses, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran;
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
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- Genetics of Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran;
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan 6517838695, Iran; (T.M.); (M.A.)
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- Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krzywousty St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland;
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye; (S.S.); (N.C.); (B.K.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Sariyer, Istanbul 34396, Türkiye; (A.Z.); (A.Z.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Division of Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963114, Iran;
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- Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye;
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye; (S.S.); (N.C.); (B.K.)
- Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye;
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Türkiye
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- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul 34959, Türkiye;
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan 6517838695, Iran; (T.M.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
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- NanoBioCel Research Group, School of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain;
- University Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Oral Implantology–UIRMI (UPV/EHU-Fundación Eduardo Anitua), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Bioaraba, NanoBioCel Research Group, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA;
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (M.K.); (B.B.); (F.M.); (J.R.); (P.K.); (S.A.); (S.M.B.); (P.K.); (B.L.); (S.L.); (J.W.G.)
- Biology of Breathing Theme, Children Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
- Autophagy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134845794, Iran
- Academy of Silesia, Faculty of Medicine, Rolna 43, 40-555 Katowice, Poland
- Research Institutes of Oncology and Hematology, Cancer Care Manitoba-University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
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Nakazawa K, Shaw T, Song YK, Kouassi-Brou M, Molotkova A, Tiwari PB, Chou HC, Wen X, Wei JS, Deniz E, Toretsky JA, Keller C, Barr FG, Khan J, Üren A. Piperacetazine Directly Binds to the PAX3::FOXO1 Fusion Protein and Inhibits Its Transcriptional Activity. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:2030-2043. [PMID: 37732905 PMCID: PMC10557868 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The tumor-specific chromosomal translocation product, PAX3::FOXO1, is an aberrant fusion protein that plays a key role for oncogenesis in the alveolar subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). PAX3::FOXO1 represents a validated molecular target for alveolar RMS and successful inhibition of its oncogenic activity is likely to have significant clinical applications. Even though several PAX3::FOXO1 function-based screening studies have been successfully completed, a directly binding small-molecule inhibitor of PAX3::FOXO1 has not been reported. Therefore, we screened small-molecule libraries to identify compounds that were capable of directly binding to PAX3::FOXO1 protein using surface plasmon resonance technology. Compounds that directly bound to PAX3::FOXO1 were further evaluated in secondary transcriptional activation assays. We discovered that piperacetazine can directly bind to PAX3::FOXO1 protein and inhibit fusion protein-derived transcription in multiple alveolar RMS cell lines. Piperacetazine inhibited anchorage-independent growth of fusion-positive alveolar RMS cells but not embryonal RMS cells. On the basis of our findings, piperacetazine is a molecular scaffold upon which derivatives could be developed as specific inhibitors of PAX3::FOXO1. These novel inhibitors could potentially be evaluated in future clinical trials for recurrent or metastatic alveolar RMS as novel targeted therapy options. SIGNIFICANCE RMS is a malignant soft-tissue tumor mainly affecting the pediatric population. A subgroup of RMS with worse prognosis harbors a unique chromosomal translocation creating an oncogenic fusion protein, PAX3::FOXO1. We identified piperacetazine as a direct inhibitor of PAX3::FOXO1, which may provide a scaffold for designing RMS-specific targeted therapy.
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- Kay Nakazawa
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Hillsboro, Oregon
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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Qu S, Li W, Yao Y, Huang H. An uncommon perineal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in adult: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e32529. [PMID: 36596039 PMCID: PMC9803527 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000032529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is a major subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma, mainly affect children. There is seldom report for perineal ERMS in adults, since its rare location and the age. PATIENT CONCERNS A 20-year old male adult was admitted due to the perineal mass. DIAGNOSES Diagnosis by histopathological examination of the biopsy sample was ERMS. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the tumor was found in the perineal region, with metastasis to pelvic cavity, right testis, lymph nodes and bone. INTERVENTIONS The patient received Isophosphamide and Epirubicin for 4 cycles, followed by Irinotecan and Vindesine Sulfate for 2 cycles, then cisplatin, Dacarbazine and Apatinib for 3 cycles. OUTCOME The patient showed no response to chemotherapy. LESSONS Perineal ERMS in adults is very rare. There is still no standard therapy for adult ERMS. Personalized therapy might be promising treatment for each individual.
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- Sifeng Qu
- Medical Integration and Practice Center, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- * Correspondence: Sifeng Qu, Medical Integration and Practice Center, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Zhang Y, Huang W, Li L, Qiu Y, Jiao H, Chen Z, Yang Q, Song L, Kang L. Retroperitoneal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma intruding into spinal canal: A case report and literature review. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:1019964. [DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1019964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BackgroundRhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most frequent soft sarcoma in children and adolescents. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) is a relatively rare subtype that is characterized by aggressive behavior and an unsatisfactory prognosis. An ARMS can arise anywhere but most commonly occurs at extremity sites with a very small fraction in the retroperitoneum. The utility of 2-Deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) remains to be established in ARMS.Case ReportA 3-year-old female child was accidentally found with a large left upper abdominal mass for a day. CT examination indicated a huge soft tissue mass in the left retroperitoneum extending superiorly to the level of the left hilus renalis and inferiorly to the left acetabulum in the pelvic cavity, with intrusion into the lumbar foramens. 18F-FDG PET/CT found a mass in the left retroperitoneum from the level of T12 to the left acetabulum, with the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of about 7.0, and a CT value of about 39 HU, invading the left L3-5 intervertebral foramina and protruding into the spinal canal, with unclear boundary with the spinal cord. Retroperitoneal tumor resection and the repair operation of vascular exploration were performed. An ARMS was confirmed by postoperative biopsy, immunohistochemical staining, and genetic detection with the rupture of the fork head in rhabdomyosarcoma (FKHR). The patient received chemotherapy and was in a good condition with no recurrence and obvious complications.ConclusionRetroperitoneal ARMS is rare and indicates a poor outcome with the potential to involve vital organs and intrude into the spinal canal. Accurate diagnosis and staging using PET/CT would contribute to better risk stratifications and appropriate treatment individually.
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Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Uterine Cervix: A Clinicopathologic Study of 94 Cases Emphasizing Issues in Differential Diagnosis Staging, and Prognostic Factors. Am J Surg Pathol 2022; 46:1477-1489. [PMID: 35941719 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix (cERMS) is rare and frequently associated with DICER1 mutations. We report 94 tumors that arose in patients aged 7 to 59 (median=23) years and presented with vaginal bleeding (52), protruding vaginal mass (17), cervical polyp (8), or expelled tumor fragments per vagina (5). Nine had DICER1 syndrome, 8 of whom had other syndromic manifestations including ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor (7), multinodular goiter (3), pleuropulmonary blastoma (2), pineoblastoma (1), and osteosarcoma (1). Syndromic patients were younger than nonsyndromic patients (16 vs. 24 y). Tumor size ranged from 2 to 24 (median=4.5) cm. Ninety-two tumors were polypoid, most being grape-like (77 of 92). They were characterized by aggregates of primitive cells, almost always exhibiting a cambium layer, within a variably myxoedematous stroma and were hypocellular (63), moderately cellular (22), or hypercellular (9). Entrapped glands, typically scant, were present in 84 tumors. Primitive hyperchromatic ovoid to spindled cells with minimal cytoplasm predominated but differentiated rhabdomyoblasts with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm (having cross-striations in 30) were seen in 83 tumors; they were often sparse but predominated in three. Nine tumors showed areas of intersecting fascicles and 4 zones with densely cellular (solid) growth. Cartilage was present in 38. Anaplasia was seen in 15 tumors, as was necrosis. Mitotic activity ranged from 1 to 58/10 high-power fields (median=8). The varied microscopic features resulted in a spectrum of differential diagnostic considerations, mainly typical and cellular forms of fibroepithelial polyps, Mullerian adenosarcoma, and other sarcomas. Follow-up was available for 79 patients ranging from 6 to 492 (median=90) months. Treatment information was available in 62 and included polypectomy in 6 patients (2 also received chemotherapy), limited resection in 26 (14 also received chemotherapy), hysterectomy in 29 (15 with adjuvant chemotherapy), and biopsies only in 1 (with chemotherapy). Staging was possible in 56 tumors; according to the "uterine sarcoma" system (tumor size and extent) they were: stage I (10/56; could not be further subclassified as size not available), IA (22/56), IB (18/56), IIA (2/56), IIB 3/56), IIIC (1/56). According to the "adenosarcoma" system (depth of invasion and extent) they were: stage IA (26/56), IB (14/56), IC (10/56), IIA (2/56), IIB (3/56), IIIC (1/56). Eight patients had local recurrence following incomplete excision (10%). Eleven of 79 patients had extrauterine recurrences (14%) and 9 died of disease (11%). Older age was associated with extrauterine recurrence (median 44 vs. 22; P=0.002) and decreased disease-specific survival (median 44 vs. 22; P=0.02). For patients with tumors initially confined to the cervix, the adenosarcoma staging system was superior to the uterine sarcoma staging system for predicting survival (P=0.02). Three patients with DICER1 syndrome who underwent fertility-preserving surgery developed a second primary cERMS 7, 7, and 12 years after their primary tumor. All 9 patients with DICER1 syndrome had tumors confined to the cervix and none died of disease. This study highlights the intriguing clinical aspects of cERMS including its long-known tendency to occur in the young but also more recently appreciated association with DICER1 syndrome. Establishing the diagnosis may still be difficult because of the hazard of sampling a neoplasm which in areas may appear remarkably bland and also because of its potential confusion with other neoplasms. This study indicates that this tumor has a good prognosis at this site and in selected cases a conservative surgical approach is a realistic consideration.
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Prioritization of Novel Agents for Patients with Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) New Agents for Rhabdomyosarcoma Task Force. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10071416. [PMID: 33915882 PMCID: PMC8037615 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10071416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma diagnosed in children and adolescents. Patients that are diagnosed with advanced or relapsed disease have exceptionally poor outcomes. The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) convened a rhabdomyosarcoma new agent task force in 2020 to systematically evaluate novel agents for inclusion in phase 2 or phase 3 clinical trials for patients diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, following a similar effort for Ewing sarcoma. The task force was comprised of clinicians and basic scientists who collectively identified new agents for evaluation and prioritization in clinical trial testing. Here, we report the work of the task force including the framework upon which the decisions were rendered and review the top classes of agents that were discussed. Representative agents include poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in combination with cytotoxic agents, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitors in combination with type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGFR1) inhibitors, histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, and novel cytotoxic agents.
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Parham DM, Giannikopoulos P. Rhabdomyosarcoma: From Obscurity to Clarity in Diagnosis … But With Ongoing Challenges in Management: The Farber-Landing Lecture of 2020. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2021; 24:87-95. [PMID: 33439112 DOI: 10.1177/1093526620977720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft tissue sarcoma in childhood, has challenged and intrigued soft tissue pathologists ever since the original descriptions. Once based on the identification of rhabdomyoblastic cells with elongate eosinophilic cytoplasm, the diagnosis has evolved to include tumors composed only of primitive mesenchymal cells but now relies heavily on immunohistochemical stains for desmin, myogenin, and MyoD. Rhabdomyosarcomas show a variety of histological patterns, giving rise to classifications that have included embryonal, alveolar, botryoid, pleomorphic, spindle cell, and sclerosing subtypes. These have been linked to prognosis and treatment assignment in the past, but that concept has been superseded by the identification of PAX3-FOXO1 or PAX7-FOXO1 fusions. Fusion testing results are more predictive of outcome and have become standard practice in clinical management. However, high risk tumors with alveolar histology or metastatic disease continue to resist oncologic treatment.
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- David M Parham
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.,Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Rudzinski ER, Kelsey A, Vokuhl C, Linardic CM, Shipley J, Hettmer S, Koscielniak E, Hawkins DS, Bisogno G. Pathology of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: A consensus opinion document from the Children's Oncology Group, European Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021; 68:e28798. [PMID: 33306276 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The diagnosis and classification of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) has undergone several shifts over the last 30 years. While the main diagnostic categories remained the same, changes in the histologic criteria necessary for diagnosis, as well as varied reliance on immunohistochemical and molecular data over time, have created confusion, particularly regarding how these shifts impacted risk stratification and enrollment onto clinical trials. The goal of this report is to review the evolution and current status of RMS diagnosis, focusing on diagnostic criteria in the Children's Oncology Group (COG), the European Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group (EpSSG), and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS). In addition, we emphasize research tools used to classify RMS and address biological questions within current clinical trials run by each group. The INternational Soft Tissue SaRcoma ConsorTium (INSTRuCT) initiative will maximize potential to optimize risk stratification by recognizing and accounting for differences in historical data and current practices.
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- Erin R Rudzinski
- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Paediatric Histopathology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Section of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.,Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Divisions of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Klinikum Stuttgart, Olgahospital, Pediatrics 5 (Oncology, Hematology, Immunology), Stuttgart, Germany
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- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Dipartimento per la Salute della Donna e del Bambino, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Wei S, Siegal GP. Small Round Cell Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021; 146:47-59. [PMID: 33635948 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0773-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT.— Small round cell tumors of soft tissue and bone constitute a divergent group of neoplasms. These lesions often demonstrate overlapping clinical and radiologic characteristics and share histomorphologic and sometimes immunophenotypic similarities, but they typically have diverse prognostic outcomes, thus warranting different clinical management. Recent advances in molecular and cytogenetic techniques have identified a number of novel molecular alterations contributing to the diversity of these lesions. This state-of-the-art knowledge has enhanced our understanding of these diseases. OBJECTIVE.— To provide an overview of the current concepts in the classification and diagnosis of small round cell tumors of soft tissue and bone, focusing on salient histologic features, key immunophenotypic characteristics, and recent molecular genetic advancements. DATA SOURCES.— Data were obtained from pertinent peer-reviewed English-language literature and firsthand experience from the authors as practicing bone and soft tissue pathologists. CONCLUSIONS.— Immunohistochemistry plays a vital role in rendering a specific diagnosis or narrowing the differential diagnosis in small round cell tumors of soft tissue and bone. Molecular genetic studies are often needed, especially for those lesions with unusual histologic features, an uncommon immunoprofile, and/or unusual clinical presentation. Accurate diagnosis of these tumors necessitates recognition of salient histologic features, judicious and astute use of ancillary studies, and correlation with the clinical and radiologic characteristics to guide clinical decision-making.
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- Shi Wei
- From the Department of Pathology (Wei, Siegal), University of Alabama, Birmingham
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- From the Department of Pathology (Wei, Siegal), University of Alabama, Birmingham.,Department of Genetics (Siegal), O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham
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Taseer R, Ahmed TT. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Lung Metastasis in an Adult: An Uncommon Presentation. Cureus 2021; 13:e13545. [PMID: 33786248 PMCID: PMC7998057 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13545] [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] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas of adolescents and young adults. Histologically, rhabdomyosarcoma is classified into embryonal, alveolar, pleomorphic, and spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcomas with further subcategorization. More than 50% of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma occur within head and neck. The retroperitoneum and pelvis are less common sites of involvement. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas affect mainly, but not exclusively, children between birth and 15 years of age. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma tends to affect older patients. The usual metastatic sites include lung, lymph nodes, and bone marrow. We are presenting a case of a 25-year-old male patient with symptoms of breathlessness, easy fatigability, and weight loss. On chest imaging, there were multiple lung nodules. A primary diagnosis of undifferentiated malignant neoplasm was made on lung biopsy. On immunohistochemistry, the malignant cells were positive for myogenin, myoblast determination protein 1 (MyoD1), and desmin. They were negative for neuroendocrine, germ cell, epithelial, melanocytic, and lymphoid markers. Further workup showed an abdominopelvic retroperitoneal mass on abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan. The biopsy on the retroperitoneal mass showed similar morphology and immunohistochemical profile. Unfortunately, the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly in the following weeks, and he passed away.
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- Rabia Taseer
- Histopathology, Shiekh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, PAK.,Histopathology, Obeid Specialized Hospital, Riyadh, SAU
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- Internal Medicine, Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PAK
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Heske CM, Mascarenhas L. Relapsed Rhabdomyosarcoma. J Clin Med 2021; 10:804. [PMID: 33671214 PMCID: PMC7922213 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10040804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) represents a significant therapeutic challenge. Nearly one-third of patients diagnosed with localized RMS and over two-thirds of patients with metastatic RMS will experience disease recurrence following primary treatment, generally within three years. Clinical features at diagnosis, including primary site, tumor invasiveness, size, stage, and histology impact likelihood of relapse and prognosis post-relapse. Aspects of initial treatment, including extent of surgical resection, use of radiotherapy, and chemotherapy regimen, are also associated with post-relapse outcomes, as are features of the relapse itself, including time to relapse and extent of disease involvement. Although there is no standard treatment for patients with relapsed RMS, several general principles, including tissue biopsy confirmation of diagnosis, assessment of post-relapse prognosis, determination of the feasibility of additional local control measures, and discussion of patient goals, should all be part of the approach to care. Patients with features suggestive of a favorable prognosis, which include those with botryoid RMS or stage 1 or group I embryonal RMS (ERMS) who have had no prior treatment with cyclophosphamide, have the highest chance of achieving long-term cure when treated with a multiagent chemotherapy regimen at relapse. Unfortunately, patients who do not meet these criteria represent the majority and have poor outcomes when treated with such regimens. For this group, strong consideration should be given for enrollment on a clinical trial.
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- Christine M. Heske
- Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA;
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Shenoy A, Alvarez E, Chi YY, Li M, Shern JF, Khan J, Hiniker SM, Granberg CF, Hawkins DS, Parham DM, Teot LA, Rudzinski ER. The prognostic significance of anaplasia in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Eur J Cancer 2020; 143:127-133. [PMID: 33302115 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Established prognostic indicators in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most common childhood soft tissue sarcoma, include several clinicopathologic features. Among pathologic features, anaplasia has been suggested as a potential prognostic indicator, but the clinical significance of anaplasia remains unclear. METHODS Patients enrolled on one of five recent Children's Oncology Group clinical trials for RMS (D9602, n = 357; D9802, n = 80; D9803, n = 462; ARST0331, n = 335; and ARST0531, n = 414) with prospective central pathology review were included in this study. Clinicopathologic variables including demographic information, risk group, histologic subtype, and anaplasia were recorded along with overall survival (OS) and failure-free survival (FFS) with failure defined by recurrence, progression, or death. The log-rank test was used to compare OS and FFS. RESULTS Anaplasia was more common in embryonal RMS (27% of all embryonal RMS) than other subtypes of RMS (11% for alveolar RMS, 7% for botryoid RMS, 11% for spindle cell RMS). On multivariate analyses, anaplasia was not an independent prognostic factor in RMS (OS:hazard ratio (HR) = 1.12, p = 0.43; FFS:HR = 1.07, p = 0.56) across all subtypes or within embryonal RMS only (OS:HR = 1.41, p = 0.078; FFS:HR = 1.25, p = 0.16). Among tumors with TP53 mutations, 69% had anaplasia, while only 24% of tumors with anaplasia had a tumoral TP53 mutation. CONCLUSIONS Anaplasia is not an independent indicator of adverse outcomes in RMS. Emerging information on the prognostic significance of TP53 mutations raises the possibility that anaplasia may be a surrogate marker of TP53 mutations in some cases. Tumoral TP53 mutation status may be investigated as a prognostic indicator in future studies.
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- Archana Shenoy
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States.
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Chen S, Rudzinski ER, Arnold MA. Challenges in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Spindle Cell/Sclerosing Rhabdomyosarcoma. Surg Pathol Clin 2020; 13:729-738. [PMID: 33183730 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2020.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common pediatric soft tissue sarcoma, representing approximately 40% of all pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. The spindle cell/sclerosing subtype of RMS (SSRMS) accounts for roughly 5% to 10% of all cases of adult and pediatric RMS. Historically, SSRMS were described as paratesticular tumors with an excellent outcome. However, more recent studies have identified unique molecular subgroups of SSRMS, including those with MYOD1 mutations or VGLL2/NCOA2 fusions, which have widely disparate outcomes. The goal of this article is to better describe the biological heterogeneity of SSRMS, which may allow the pathologist to provide important prognostic information.
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- Sonja Chen
- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan Academic Medical Center, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street APC12-115, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Heske CM, Chi YY, Venkatramani R, Li M, Arnold MA, Dasgupta R, Hiniker SM, Hawkins DS, Mascarenhas L. Survival outcomes of patients with localized FOXO1 fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma treated on recent clinical trials: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer 2020; 127:946-956. [PMID: 33216382 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the clinical factors influencing survival outcomes in patients with localized (clinical group I-III), FOXO1 fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). METHODS Patients with confirmed FOXO1 fusion-positive RMS who were enrolled on 3 completed clinical trials for localized RMS were included in the analytic cohort. Outcomes were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method to estimate event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS), and the curves were compared using the log-rank test. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to perform multivariate analysis of prognostic factors that were significant in the univariate analysis. RESULTS The estimated 4-year EFS and OS of 269 patients with localized, FOXO1 fusion-positive RMS was 53% (95% CI, 47%-59%) and 69% (95% CI, 63%-74%), respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that several known favorable clinical characteristics, including age at diagnosis between 1 and 9 years, complete surgical resection, tumor size ≤5 cm, favorable tumor site, absence of lymph node involvement, confinement to the anatomic site of origin, and PAX7-FOXO1 fusion, were associated with improved outcomes. Multivariate analysis identified older age (≥10 years) and large tumor size (>5 cm) as independent, adverse prognostic factors for EFS within this population, and patients who had both adverse features experienced substantially inferior outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Patients with localized, FOXO1 fusion-positive RMS can be further risk stratified based on clinical features at diagnosis, and older patients with large primary tumors have the poorest prognosis.
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- Christine M Heske
- Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics and Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Retroperitoneal Sarcomas: An Update on the Diagnostic Pathology Approach. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10090642. [PMID: 32867125 PMCID: PMC7555595 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10090642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Retroperitoneal sarcomas are a heterogenous group of rare tumors arising in the retroperitoneum. Retroperitoneal sarcomas comprise approximately 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas. Though any soft tissue sarcoma histologic types may arise in the retroperitoneal space, liposarcoma (especially well-differentiated and dedifferentiated types) and leiomyosarcoma do so most commonly. Retroperitoneal sarcomas are diagnostically challenging, owing to their diversity and morphological overlap with other tumors arising in the retroperitoneum. An accurate diagnosis is necessary for correct management and prognostication. Herein, we provide an update on the diagnostic approach to retroperitoneal sarcomas and review their key histologic findings and differential diagnoses.
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Aye JM, Chi YY, Tian J, Rudzinski ER, Binitie OT, Dasgupta R, Wolden SL, Hawkins DS, Gupta AA. Do children and adolescents with completely resected alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma require adjuvant radiation? A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e28243. [PMID: 32124549 PMCID: PMC7325864 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The role of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) remains unclear in patients with localized, completely resected (group I) alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS). PROCEDURE Patients with group I ARMS enrolled on any one of three prior Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials (D9602, D9803, or ARST0531) were analyzed. All patients received systemic chemotherapy and 36 Gy adjuvant RT (if given) to the primary site at week 12 or week 4 for D9602/D9803 and ARST0531, respectively. RESULTS Thirty-six patients with group I ARMS were treated on D9602 (n = 6), D9803 (n = 17), or ARST0531 (n = 13), of whom 24 (67%) were male. The median age was 4.1 years (range, 0.8-45.8). Twenty (56%) patients had an unfavorable primary site, and 10 (28%) had tumors > 5 cm. FOXO1-fusion status was negative, positive, and unknown in 10 (28%), 15 (42%), and 11 (30%) tumors, respectively. Twenty-two (61%) patients received RT. Overall, the four-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 70.8% and 88.3%, respectively. Patients with FOXO1 positivity who received RT had superior EFS compared with those who did not (77.8% vs 16.7%; P = 0.03). Among 10 patients who were FOXO1 negative, the outcome was similar with or without RT. CONCLUSIONS Although limited by a small sample size, data from this study support the routine use of adjuvant RT in patients with FOXO1-positive disease even after complete resection. Additionally, omitting adjuvant RT is rational for patients with FOXO1-negative ARMS and will be prospectively investigated in the current COG trial ARST1431.
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- Jamie M. Aye
- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Pathology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Department of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Chen C, Dorado Garcia H, Scheer M, Henssen AG. Current and Future Treatment Strategies for Rhabdomyosarcoma. Front Oncol 2019; 9:1458. [PMID: 31921698 PMCID: PMC6933601 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, and can be subcategorized histologically and/or based on PAX-FOXO1 fusion gene status. Over the last four decades, there have been no significant improvements in clinical outcomes for advanced and metastatic RMS patients, underscoring a need for new treatment options for these groups. Despite significant advancements in our understanding of the genomic landscape and underlying biological mechanisms governing RMS that have informed the identification of novel therapeutic targets, development of these therapies in clinical trials has lagged far behind. In this review, we summarize the current frontline multi-modality therapy for RMS according to pediatric protocols, highlight emerging targeted therapies and immunotherapies identified by preclinical studies, and discuss early clinical trial data and the implications they hold for future clinical development.
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- Celine Chen
- Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Pediatrics 5, Klinikum Stuttgart, Olgahospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Berlin, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the MDC and Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Nahon-Esteve S, Martel A, Maschi C, Caujolle JP, Baillif S, Lassalle S, Hofman P. The Molecular Pathology of Eye Tumors: A 2019 Update Main Interests for Routine Clinical Practice. Curr Mol Med 2019; 19:632-664. [DOI: 10.2174/1566524019666190726161044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Over the last few years, we have seen constant development of molecular
pathology for the care of patients with cancer. The information obtained from molecular
data has transformed our thinking about the biological diversity of cancers, particularly in
the field of ophthalmic oncology. It has reoriented the way in which therapeutic decisions
and decisions concerning patient surveillance are made, both in the area of pediatric
cancers, including rhabdomyosarcoma and retinoblastoma, and adult cancers, such as
uveal melanoma and lymphomas. A better definition of the molecular classification of
these cancers and of the different biological pathways involved is essential to the
understanding of both the pathologist and the onco-ophthalmologist. Molecular tests
based on targeted or expanded analysis of gene panels are now available. These tests
can be performed with tumor tissue or biofluids (especially blood) to predict the
prognosis of tumors and, above all, the benefit of targeted therapies, immunotherapy or
even chemotherapy. Looking for the BAP1 mutation in uveal melanoma is essential
because of the associated metastatic risk. When treating retinoblastoma, it is mandatory
to assess the heritable status of RB1. Conjunctival melanoma requires investigation into
the BRAF mutation in the case of a locally advanced tumor. The understanding of
genomic alterations, the results of molecular tests and/or other biological tests predictive
of a therapeutic response, but also of the limits of these tests with respect to the
available biological resources, represents a major challenge for optimal patient
management in ophthalmic oncology. In this review, we present the current state of
knowledge concerning the different molecular alterations and therapeutic targets of
interest in ophthalmic oncology.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
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Wu H, Li X, Li H. Gene fusions and chimeric RNAs, and their implications in cancer. Genes Dis 2019; 6:385-390. [PMID: 31832518 PMCID: PMC6889028 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Gene fusions are appreciated as ideal cancer biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Chimeric RNAs are traditionally thought to be products of gene fusions, and thus, also cancer-specific. Recent research has demonstrated that chimeric RNAs can be generated by intergenic splicing in the absence of gene fusion, and such chimeric RNAs are also found in normal physiology. These new findings challenge the traditional theory of chimeric RNAs exclusivity to cancer, and complicates use of chimeric RNAs in cancer detection. Here, we provide an overview of gene fusions and chimeric RNAs, and emphasize their differences. We note that gene fusions are able to generate chimeric RNAs in accordance with the central dogma of biology, and that chimeric RNAs may also be able to influence the generation of the gene fusions per the “horse before the cart” hypothesis. We further expand upon the “horse before the cart” hypothesis, summarizing current evidence in support of the theory and exploring its potential impact on the field.
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- Hao Wu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
- Corresponding author. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. Fax: +1 434 2437244. http://lilab.medicine.virginia.edu
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Genetic profiling of rhabdomyosarcoma with clinicopathological and radiological correlation. Can J Ophthalmol 2019; 54:247-257. [PMID: 30975350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma is a highly malignant tumor predominantly affecting children. Our study adds more understanding of this tumor to ophthalmologists from the clinicopathological, radiological and genetic aspects. DESIGN A retrospective clinicopathological and radiological study of ocular rhabdomyosarcoma with genetic profiling. PARTICIPANTS All the cases with confirmed tissue diagnosis of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma presenting at a tertiary eye hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the period 1985-2015. METHODS Charts and histological slides of 26 patients were reviewed. DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded biopsies and genotyping was performed to detect chromosomal abnormalities and Copy-number variations regions. RESULTS 18 males and 8 females were included with a mean age at presentation of 6.9 years (SD of 4.4). Proptosis and globe displacement were the commonest clinical presentations. Embryonal histopathological type was the commonest (73.1%) with superior orbital involvement (p = 0.024). Using magnetic resonance imaging, the embryonal type showed higher Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value compared to the alveolar type (p = 0.98). Genetic profiling showed Copy-number gain in regions spanning PAX3, DDIT3, Gli, Wnt6 genes. DICER1 gene implication was found in 9 sporadic cases. CONCLUSION Rhabdomyosarcoma is rare and occurs with a mean age of 7 years, predominantly among males. The commonest embryonal type is significantly correlated with superior orbital involvement. Radiologically, it shows an ADC of 0.67-0.09 × 10-3mm2/s. (p = 0.98). The gain in PAX3, DDIT3, Gli1, Wnt6 genes is a new finding while the DICER1 gene implication in the absence of familial hereditary carcinoma is another interesting finding.
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Tsai JW, ChangChien YC, Lee JC, Kao YC, Li WS, Liang CW, Liao IC, Chang YM, Wang JC, Tsao CF, Yu SC, Huang HY. The expanding morphological and genetic spectrum of MYOD1-mutant spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcomas: a clinicopathological and molecular comparison of mutated and non-mutated cases. Histopathology 2019; 74:933-943. [PMID: 30604891 DOI: 10.1111/his.13819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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AIMS Spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcomas (SC/SRMS) feature spindled and/or rounded rhabdomyosarcomatous cells within variably hyalinised stroma. Only 30-67% of SC/SRMSs harbour neomorphic MYOD1 p.L122R mutations, indicating heterogeneity in this RMS type. We compared MYOD1-mutant and non-mutant cases to characterise the histological and genetic spectrum of mutated SC/SRMS. METHODS AND RESULTS Seventeen RMSs with spindled, sclerosing or hybrid histology were sequenced to identify MYOD1 and PIK3CA mutations and reappraised to assess histological features and myogenic immunophenotypes. Twelve SC/SRMSs harboured MYOD1 mutations, including homozygous p.L122R (n = 8), heterozygous p.L122R (n = 3) and heterozygous p.E118K (n = 1). MYOD1-mutant tumours affected nine females and three males aged 8-64 years (median = 22.5), had a median size of 4.2 cm (range = 2-22) and involved the head and neck (n = 7), extremities (n = 4) and mediastinum (n = 1). Fascicular/spindle histology was predominant in four cases, including one with heterologous lipoblasts in focally myxoid stroma. Four sclerosing cases mainly comprised rounded cells, including one with multinucleated tumour cells. Four cases were histologically hybrid. The only PIK3CA (p.H1047R) mutation was detected in a predominantly spindled MYOD1-p.L122R-mutated case, but not in its laser-microdissected lipoblast-containing area. All MYOD1-mutant cases exhibited diffuse MYOD1 expression but patchy myogenin reactivity. At final follow-up (median = 13.5 months), recurrences (n = 4), metastases (n = 2) or both (n = 1) occurred in seven MYOD1-mutant cases; one had died of disease. Five non-mutated cases were reclassified as spindle embryonal (n = 3), dense embryonal (n = 1) and unclassifiable (n = 1) RMSs. CONCLUSION MYOD1-mutant RMSs are uncommonly mutated with PIK3CA and behave aggressively with an expanded morphological and genetic spectrum, including lipoblastic differentiation, multinucleated cells and the alternative p.E118K mutation.
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- Jen-Wei Tsai
- Department of Pathology, E-DA Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Debrecen Clinical Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital and Fu Jen Catholic University College of Medicine, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-service General Hospital and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Bone and Soft Tissue Study Group, Taiwan Society of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
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Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and represents a high-grade neoplasm of skeletal myoblast-like cells. Decades of clinical and basic research have gradually improved our understanding of the pathophysiology of RMS and helped to optimize clinical care. The two major subtypes of RMS, originally characterized on the basis of light microscopic features, are driven by fundamentally different molecular mechanisms and pose distinct clinical challenges. Curative therapy depends on control of the primary tumour, which can arise at many distinct anatomical sites, as well as controlling disseminated disease that is known or assumed to be present in every case. Sophisticated risk stratification for children with RMS incorporates various clinical, pathological and molecular features, and that information is used to guide the application of multifaceted therapy. Such therapy has historically included cytotoxic chemotherapy as well as surgery, ionizing radiation or both. This Primer describes our current understanding of RMS epidemiology, disease susceptibility factors, disease mechanisms and elements of clinical care, including diagnostics, risk-based care of newly diagnosed and relapsed disease and the prevention and management of late effects in survivors. We also outline potential opportunities to further translate new biological insights into improved clinical outcomes.
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- Stephen X Skapek
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Divisions of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Belmont, UK
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Rhabdomyosarcoma and Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma. CHILDREN-BASEL 2018; 5:children5120165. [PMID: 30544742 PMCID: PMC6306718 DOI: 10.3390/children5120165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant tumor that represents the most common form of pediatric soft tissue sarcoma. It arises from mesenchymal origin and forms part of the group of small round blue cell tumors of childhood. It has a constant annual incidence of 4.5 cases per 1,000,000 children. The known histological diagnosis of the two major subtypes (embryonal and alveolar) has been recently enhanced by tumor biological markers and molecular differentiation diagnostic tools that have improved not only the updated classification based on risk stratification, but also the treatment approach based on the clinical group. Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a round cell tumor, highly malignant and poorly differentiated that is currently the second most common malignant bone tumor in children. In rare instances, it develops from an extraskeletal origin, classified as extraosseous Ewing sarcoma (EES). We provide an updated, evidence-based and comprehensive review of the molecular diagnosis, clinical and diagnostic approach and a multidisciplinary medical and surgical management according to the latest standard of care for the treatment of pediatric RMS and EES.
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Pannexin 1 inhibits rhabdomyosarcoma progression through a mechanism independent of its canonical channel function. Oncogenesis 2018; 7:89. [PMID: 30459312 PMCID: PMC6246549 DOI: 10.1038/s41389-018-0100-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma of childhood thought to arise from impaired differentiation of skeletal muscle progenitors. We have recently identified Pannexin 1 (PANX1) channels as a novel regulator of skeletal myogenesis. In the present study, we determined that PANX1 transcript and protein levels are down-regulated in embryonal (eRMS) and alveolar RMS (aRMS) patient-derived cell lines and primary tumor specimens as compared to differentiated skeletal muscle myoblasts and tissue, respectively. While not sufficient to overcome the inability of RMS to reach terminal differentiation, ectopic expression of PANX1 in eRMS (Rh18) and aRMS (Rh30) cells significantly decreased their proliferative and migratory potential. Furthermore, ectopic PANX1 abolished 3D spheroid formation in eRMS and aRMS cells and induced regression of established spheroids through induction of apoptosis. Notably, PANX1 expression also significantly reduced the growth of human eRMS and aRMS tumor xenografts in vivo. Interestingly, PANX1 does not form active channels when expressed in eRMS (Rh18) and aRMS (Rh30) cells and the addition of PANX1 channel inhibitors did not alter or reverse the PANX1-mediated reduction of cell proliferation and migration. Moreover, expression of channel-defective PANX1 mutants not only disrupted eRMS and aRMS 3D spheroids, but also inhibited in vivo RMS tumor growth. Altogether our findings suggest that PANX1 alleviates RMS malignant properties in vitro and in vivo through a process that is independent of its canonical channel function.
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Walterhouse DO, Barkauskas DA, Hall D, Ferrari A, De Salvo GL, Koscielniak E, Stevens MCG, Martelli H, Seitz G, Rodeberg DA, Shnorhavorian M, Dasgupta R, Breneman JC, Anderson JR, Bergeron C, Bisogno G, Meyer WH, Hawkins DS, Minard-Colin V. Demographic and Treatment Variables Influencing Outcome for Localized Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma: Results From a Pooled Analysis of North American and European Cooperative Groups. J Clin Oncol 2018; 36:JCO2018789388. [PMID: 30351998 PMCID: PMC6286163 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.78.9388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Treatment recommendations for localized paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (PT RMS) differ in North America and Europe. We conducted a pooled analysis to identify demographic features and treatment choices that affect outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the effect of nine demographic variables and four treatment choices on event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) from 12 studies conducted by five cooperative groups. RESULTS Eight hundred forty-two patients with localized PT RMS who enrolled from 1988 to 2013 were included. Patients age ≥ 10 years were more likely than younger patients to have tumors that were > 5 cm, enlarged nodes (N1), or pathologically involved nodes ( P ≤ .05 each). With a median follow-up of 7.5 years, Kaplan-Meier estimates for 5-year EFS and OS were 87.7% and 94.8%, respectively. Of demographic variables, cooperative group, era of enrollment, age category, tumor size, Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study group, and T stage affected EFS ( P ≤ .05 each). Surgical assessment of regional nodes, which was performed in 23.5% of patients-usually in those age ≥ 10 years or with suspicious or N1 nodes-was the only treatment variable associated with EFS by univariable and multivariable analyses ( P ≤ .05 each) in patients age ≥ 1 year. A variable selection procedure on a proportional hazards regression model selected era of enrollment, age, tumor size, and surgical assessment of regional nodes as significant ( P ≤ .05 each) in the EFS model, and era of enrollment, age, tumor size, and histology ( P ≤ .05 each) in the OS model. CONCLUSION Localized PT RMS has a favorable prognosis. Age ≥ 10 years at diagnosis and tumor size larger than 5 cm are unfavorable prognostic features. Surgical assessment of regional nodes is important in patients age ≥ 10 years and in those with N1 nodes as it affects EFS.
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- David O Walterhouse
- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Donald A Barkauskas
- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Andrea Ferrari
- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - David A Rodeberg
- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - John C Breneman
- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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- David O. Walterhouse, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Donald A. Barkauskas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; David Hall, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA; Andrea Ferrari, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan; Gian Luca De Salvo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua; Gianni Bisogno, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; Ewa Koscielniak, Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Guido Seitz, University Hospital, Marburg, Germany; Michael C.G. Stevens, Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom; Hélène Martelli, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Christophe Bergeron, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Veronique Minard-Colin, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Margarett Shnorhavorian and Douglas S. Hawkins, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington; Douglas S. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Roshni Dasgupta and John C. Breneman, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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Hawkins DS, Chi YY, Anderson JR, Tian J, Arndt CAS, Bomgaars L, Donaldson SS, Hayes-Jordan A, Mascarenhas L, McCarville MB, McCune JS, McCowage G, Million L, Morris CD, Parham DM, Rodeberg DA, Rudzinski ER, Shnorhavorian M, Spunt SL, Skapek SX, Teot LA, Wolden S, Yock TI, Meyer WH. Addition of Vincristine and Irinotecan to Vincristine, Dactinomycin, and Cyclophosphamide Does Not Improve Outcome for Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol 2018; 36:2770-2777. [PMID: 30091945 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.77.9694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose Intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) includes patients with either nonmetastatic, unresected embryonal RMS (ERMS) with an unfavorable primary site or nonmetastatic alveolar RMS (ARMS). The primary aim of this study was to improve the outcome of patients with intermediate-risk RMS by substituting vincristine and irinotecan (VI) for half of vincristine, dactinomycin, and cyclophosphamide (VAC) courses. All patients received a lower dose of cyclophosphamide and earlier radiation therapy than in previous trials. Patients and Methods Patients were randomly assigned at study entry to either VAC (cumulative cyclophosphamide dose, 16.8 g/m2) or VAC/VI (cumulative cyclophosphamide dose, 8.4 g/m2) for 42 weeks of therapy. Radiation therapy started at week 4, with individualized local control plans permitted for patients younger than 24 months. The primary study end point was event-free survival (EFS). The study design had an 80% power (5% one-sided α-level) to detect an improved long-term EFS from 65% (with VAC) to 76% (with VAC/VI). Results A total of 448 eligible patients were enrolled in the study. At a median follow-up of 4.8 years, the 4-year EFS was 63% with VAC and 59% with VAC/VI ( P = .51), and 4-year overall survival was 73% for VAC and 72% for VAC/VI ( P = .80). Within the ARMS and ERMS subgroups, no difference in outcome by treatment arm was found. Severe hematologic toxicity was less common with VAC/VI therapy. Conclusion The addition of VI to VAC did not improve EFS or OS for patients with intermediate-risk RMS. VAC/VI had less hematologic toxicity and a lower cumulative cyclophosphamide dose, making VAC/VI an alternative standard therapy for intermediate-risk RMS.
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- Douglas S Hawkins
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Yueh-Yun Chi
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - James R Anderson
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Jing Tian
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Carola A S Arndt
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Lisa Bomgaars
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Sarah S Donaldson
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Andrea Hayes-Jordan
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Leo Mascarenhas
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Mary Beth McCarville
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Jeannine S McCune
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Geoff McCowage
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Lynn Million
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Carol D Morris
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - David M Parham
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - David A Rodeberg
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Erin R Rudzinski
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Margarett Shnorhavorian
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
| | - Sheri L Spunt
- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Douglas S. Hawkins, Erin R. Rudzinski, and Margarett Shnorhavorian, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Yueh-Yun Chi and Jing Tian, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; James R. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA; Carola A.S. Arndt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Lisa Bomgaars, Texas Children's Hospital; Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Stephen X. Skapek, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Sarah S. Donaldson, Lynn Million, and Sheri L. Spunt, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford; Leo Mascarenhas and David M. Parham, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Jeannine S. McCune, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; Mary Beth McCarville, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Geoff McCowage, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Carol D. Morris, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, David A. Rodeberg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Lisa A. Teot, Boston Children's Hospital; Torunn I. Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Suzanne Wolden, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and William H. Meyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Rekhi B, Gupta C, Chinnaswamy G, Qureshi S, Vora T, Khanna N, Laskar S. Clinicopathologic features of 300 rhabdomyosarcomas with emphasis upon differential expression of skeletal muscle specific markers in the various subtypes: A single institutional experience. Ann Diagn Pathol 2018; 36:50-60. [PMID: 30098515 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The present study was aimed at evaluating clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical (IHC) features of 300 rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs), including differential IHC expression and prognostic value of myogenin and MyoD1 across various subtypes of RMSs. IHC expression of myogenin and MyoD1 was graded on the basis of percentage of tumor cells displaying positive intranuclear immunostaining i.e. grade 1 (1-25%); grade 2 (26-50%); grade 3 (51-76%) and grade 4 (76-100%).Clinical follow-up was available in 238 (79.3%) patients. Various clinicopathologic parameters were correlated with 3-year disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). There were 140 cases (46.7%) of alveolar RMS (ARMS), 90 of embryonal RMS (ERMS) (30%), 61 (20.3%) of spindle cell/sclerosing RMS and 9 cases (3%) of pleomorphic RMS. Most cases, barring pleomorphic RMSs, occurred in the first two decades (228 cases) (76%), frequently in males, in the head and neck region (126) (42%). By immunohistochemistry, desmin was positive in 292/299 (97.6%) tumors; myogenin in 238/267 (89.1%) and MyoD1 in 192/266 (72.2%) tumors. High myogenin expression (in ≥51% positive tumor cells) was significantly associated with ARMSs (95/121, 78.5%), as compared to other subtypes (48/117, 41%) (p value < 0.001). High MyoD1 expression (≥51% tumor cells) was seen in more cases of pure sclerosing, combined with spindle cell/sclerosing RMSs (10/10, 100%), as compared to the other subtypes (91/141, 67.4%) (p = 0.032). There was no significant difference between high myogenin expression and clinical outcomes. Patients without metastasis and harbouring tumors, measuring ≤5 cm showed a significant increase in OS, with p values = 0.01 and <0.001, respectively. ARMS was the most frequent subtype. There was a significant association between high myogenin expression and ARMSs and high MyoD1 expression and spindle cell/sclerosing RMSs. High myogenin expression did not correlate with clinical outcomes. Patients with smaller sized tumors and without metastasis had significantly better clinical outcomes.
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- Bharat Rekhi
- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India
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Ahmed AA, Habeebu SS, Sherman AK, Ye SQ, Wood N, Chastain KM, Tsokos MG. Potential Value of YAP Staining in Rhabdomyosarcoma. J Histochem Cytochem 2018; 66:577-584. [PMID: 29596030 PMCID: PMC6071181 DOI: 10.1369/0022155418766515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a common malignancy of soft tissue, subclassified as alveolar (ARMS), pleomorphic (PRMS), spindle cell/sclerosing (SRMS), and embryonal (ERMS) types. The Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a member of the Hippo pathway and a transcriptional regulator that controls cell proliferation. We have studied the immunohistochemical expression of YAP in different RMSs, arranged in tissue microarray (TMA) and whole slide formats. Pertinent clinical data including patient age, gender, tumor location, and clinical stage were collected. Out of 96 TMA cases, 30 cases (31%) were pleomorphic, 27 (28%) were embryonal, 24 (25%) alveolar, and 15 (16%) spindle cell. Positive nuclear YAP staining was seen in the PRMS (17/30, 56.7%), SRMS (7/15, 46.7%), ERMS (19/27 or 70%), and less in ARMS (37.5%). YAP nuclear staining was significantly more prevalent in ERMS than ARMS ( p=0.02). Of the 41 whole slide cases, nuclear staining was detected in all ARMS but was restricted in distribution to <30% of the cells, in contrast to ERMS and SRMS, which had diffuse or >30% staining. These results highlight the role of YAP in RMS tumorigenesis, a fact that can be useful in engineering targeted therapy. Restricted nuclear YAP staining (<30% of cells) may be of value in the diagnosis of ARMS.
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- Atif A. Ahmed
- Division of Anatomic Pathology, Children’s Mercy
Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Anatomic Pathology, Children’s Mercy
Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Health Services and Outcomes
Research, Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City,
Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Experimental and Translational
Genetics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City,
Kansas City, Missouri
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics,
School of Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City,
Missouri
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s
Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City,
Missouri
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s
Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City,
Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Shim B, Koh J, Moon JH, Park IA, Ryu HS. Cytologic Diagnosis of Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in Cerebrospinal Fluid: A Case Report. J Pathol Transl Med 2018; 52:262-266. [PMID: 29902914 PMCID: PMC6056360 DOI: 10.4132/jptm.2018.05.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor which shows skeletal muscle differentiation. Leptomeningeal metastasis can occur as a late complication, but currently there are no reports that have documented the cytologic features in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We report a case of metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma diagnosed in the CSF of a 28-year-old male who was originally diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma on the neck, and that went through systemic therapy. The tumor was positive for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, but progressed despite additional therapy with crizotinib. The CSF specimen revealed small round cells, large atypical cells with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric nuclei, and cells with horseshoe-shaped nuclei. These cytologic findings were in agreement with previous literature and well-correlated with histopathology. This is the first report to document the cytologic feature of rhabdomyosarcoma in CSF. In many cases it is difficult to perform ancillary tests in a CSF specimen and cytopathologists should be aware of the cytomorphologic characteristics to avoid misdiagnosis.
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- Bobae Shim
- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Dantonello TM, Vokuhl C, Scheer M, Sparber-Sauer M, Stegmaier S, Seitz G, Scheithauer H, Faber J, Veit-Friedrich I, Kaatsch P, Bielack SS, Klingebiel T, Koscielniak E. Paratesticular alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas do not harbor typical translocations: a distinct entity with favorable prognosis? Virchows Arch 2018; 472:441-449. [DOI: 10.1007/s00428-018-2311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Choi PJ, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS, Yilmaz E. Surgical Interventions for Advanced Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcoma of Children and Adolescents. Cureus 2018. [PMID: 29541566 PMCID: PMC5844646 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Owing to its rarity, rhabdomyosarcoma of the head and neck (HNRMS) has seldom been discussed in the literature. As most of the data is based only on the retrospective experiences of tertiary healthcare centers, there are difficulties in formulating a standard treatment protocol. Moreover, the disease is poorly understood at its pathological, genetic, and molecular levels. For instance, 20% of all histological assessment is inaccurate; even an experienced pathologist can confuse rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) with neuroblastoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, and lymphoma. RMS can occur sporadically or in association with genetic syndromes associated with predisposition to other cancers such as Li-Fraumeni syndrome and neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease). Such associations have a potential role in future gene therapies but are yet to be fully confirmed. Currently, chemotherapies are ineffective in advanced or metastatic disease and there is lack of targeted chemotherapy or biological therapy against RMS. Also, reported uses of chemotherapy for RMS have not produced reasonable responses in all cases. Despite numerous molecular and biological studies during the past three decades, the chemotherapeutic regimen remains unchanged. This vincristine, actinomycin, cyclophosphamide (VAC) regime, described in Kilman, et al. (1973) and Koop, et al. (1963), has achieved limited success in controlling the progression of RMS. Thus, the pathogenesis of RMS remains poorly understood despite extensive modern trials and more than 30 years of studies exploring the chemotherapeutic options. This suggests a need to explore surgical options for managing the disease. Surgery is the single most critical therapy for pediatric HNRMS. However, very few studies have explored the surgical management of pediatric HNRMS and there is no standard surgical protocol. The aim of this review is to explore and address such issues in the hope of maximizing the number of options available for young patients with HNRMS.
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- Paul J Choi
- Clinical Anatomy, Seattle Science Foundation
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- Swedish Medical Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
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Rudzinski ER, Anderson JR, Chi YY, Gastier-Foster JM, Astbury C, Barr FG, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Weigel BJ, Pappo A, Meyer WH, Arnold MA, Teot LA, Parham DM. Histology, fusion status, and outcome in metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2017; 64:10.1002/pbc.26645. [PMID: 28521080 PMCID: PMC5647228 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Distinguishing alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) has historically been of prognostic and therapeutic importance. However, classification has been complicated by shifting histologic criteria required for an ARMS diagnosis. Children's Oncology Group (COG) studies after IRS-IV, which included the height of this diagnostic shift, showed both an increased number of ARMS and an increase in the proportion of fusion-negative ARMS. Following diagnostic standardization and histologic re-review of ARMS cases enrolled during this era, analysis of low-risk (D9602) and intermediate-risk (D9803) rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) studies showed that fusion status rather than histology best predicts prognosis for patients with RMS. This analysis remains to be completed for patients with high-risk RMS. PROCEDURE We re-reviewed cases on high-risk COG studies D9802 and ARST0431 with an enrollment diagnosis of ARMS. We compared the event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival by histology, PAX-FOXO1 fusion, and clinical risk factors (Oberlin score) for patients with metastatic RMS using the log-rank test. RESULTS Histology re-review resulted in reclassification as ERMS for 12% of D9802 cases and 5% of ARST0431 cases. Fusion-negative RMS had a superior EFS to fusion-positive RMS; however, poorer outcome for metastatic RMS was most related to clinical risk factors including age, primary site, and number of metastatic sites. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to low- or intermediate-risk RMS, in metastatic RMS, clinical risk factors have the most impact on patient outcome. PAX-FOXO1 fusion is more common in patients with a high Oberlin score, but fusion status is not an independent biomarker of prognosis.
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- Erin R. Rudzinski
- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Oncology Clinical Research, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio,Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio,Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio,Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Frequent HRAS Mutations in Malignant Ectomesenchymoma: Overlapping Genetic Abnormalities With Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2017; 40:876-85. [PMID: 26872011 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000000612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Malignant ectomesenchymoma (MEM) is an exceedingly rare pediatric sarcoma with a predilection for infants and young children and is composed of dual malignant mesenchymal and neuroectodermal components. Microscopically, MEM displays areas of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) with intermixed neuronal/neuroblastic foci. The molecular alterations associated with MEM and its relationship with embryonal RMS (ERMS) and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) have not yet been elucidated. In this study we used whole-transcriptome sequencing in 2 MEM index cases with available frozen tissue, followed by screening of the identified genetic abnormalities in 5 additional cases. No candidate fusion genes were detected by FusionSeq analysis; however, the mutation detection algorithms revealed HRAS and PTPRD hotspot mutations in both index cases, with 1 case harboring an additional FBXW7 mutation. As these mutation profiles have been previously described in ERMS we have tested their incidence in a control group of 7 age-matched ERMS. In addition, the gene signature of MEM was compared with that of RMS, MPNST, and neuronal lineage. All 7 MEM patients were male, with a mean age of 7.5 months (range, 0.6 to 17 mo). All except 1 occurred in the pelvic/urogenital region. Most cases showed ERMS elements, with occasional spindle or undifferentiated/round cell areas. The intermixed neuroectodermal components were mostly scattered ganglion cells, ganglioneuroma, or ganglioneuroblastoma. By Sanger sequencing, 6 of 7 (86%) MEMs had HRAS mutations, with no additional case harboring PTPRD or FBXW7 mutations. The only case lacking HRAS mutation showed neuroblastic micronodules without ganglion cells. The trimethylation at lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27me3) expression, typically lost in MPNST, was retained in all cases. In the control ERMS group, 5 of 7 (71%) showed RAS mutations, equally distributed among NRAS, KRAS, and HRAS genes. The expression profiling of MEM showed upregulation of skeletal muscle and neuronal genes, with no significant overlap with MPNST. Our results of common HRAS mutations and composite gene signature with RMS and neuronal/neuroblastic elements suggest a closer genetic link of MEM to RMS rather than to MPNST.
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Selfe J, Olmos D, Al-Saadi R, Thway K, Chisholm J, Kelsey A, Shipley J. Impact of fusion gene status versus histology on risk-stratification for rhabdomyosarcoma: Retrospective analyses of patients on UK trials. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2017; 64. [PMID: 28035744 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term toxicities from current treatments are a major issue in paediatric cancer. Previous studies, including our own, have shown prognostic value for the presence of PAX3/7-FOXO1 fusion genes in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). It is proposed to introduce PAX3/7-FOXO1 positivity as a component of risk stratification, rather than alveolar histology, in future clinical trials. PROCEDURE To assess the potential impact of this reclassification, we have determined the changes to risk category assignment of 210 histologically reviewed patients treated in the UK from previous malignant mesenchymal tumour clinical trials for non-metastatic RMS based on identification of PAX3/7-FOXO1 by fluorescence in situ hybridisation and/or reverse transcription PCR. RESULTS Using fusion gene positivity in the current risk stratification would reassign 7% of patients to different European Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) risk groups. The next European trial would have 80% power to detect differences in event-free survival of 15% over 10 years and 20% over 5 years in reassigned patients. This would decrease treatment for over a quarter of patients with alveolar histology tumours that lack PAX3/7-FOXO1. CONCLUSIONS Fusion gene status used in stratification may result in significant numbers of patients benefitting from lower treatment-associated toxicity. Prospective testing to show this reassignment maintains current survival rates is now required and is shown to be feasible based on estimated recruitment to a future EpSSG trial. Together with developing novel therapeutic strategies for patients identified as higher risk, this may ultimately improve the outcome and quality of life for patients with RMS.
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- Joanna Selfe
- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid, Spain
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- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Children and Young People's Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Histopathology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Sarcoma Molecular Pathology Team, Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Fu L, Jin Y, Jia C, Zhang J, Tai J, Li H, Chen F, Shi J, Guo Y, Ni X, He L. Detection of FOXO1 break-apart status by fluorescence in situ hybridization in atypical alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11427-017-9082-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chisholm KM, Krishnan C, Heerema-McKenney A, Natkunam Y. Immunohistochemical Profile of MYC Protein in Pediatric Small Round Blue Cell Tumors. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2017; 20:213-223. [PMID: 28521631 DOI: 10.1177/1093526616689642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Deregulation of MYC oncoprotein in cancers can result from multiple oncogenic mechanisms. Although MYC translocations define Burkitt lymphoma and MYC protein expression is a poor prognostic factor in undifferentiated neuroblastomas, the distribution of MYC protein (c-MYC) across other pediatric small round blue cell tumors (SRBCT) has not been well characterized. We undertook this study to assess MYC protein expression in a large cohort of pediatric lymphomas, sarcomas, and other SRBCT. Tissue microarrays containing 302 SRBCT were successfully evaluated by immunohistochemistry using anti-MYC clone Y69, with nuclear positivity scored as 0%, 1%-25%, 26%-50%, 51%-75%, or 76%-100%. MYC protein staining of >50% of lesional cells was identified in 60% of Burkitt lymphomas, 50% of B lymphoblastic lymphomas, 33% of T lymphoblastic lymphomas, 31% of rhabdomyosarcomas, 33% of Ewing sarcomas, and 25% of soft tissue sarcomas, not otherwise specified. Only 14% of neuroblastomas showed >50% staining, and of these, if known, MYCN was not amplified. No cases of Wilms tumor, synovial sarcoma, or desmoplastic small round cell tumor had >50% staining. Recurrences and metastases often had the same percentage of MYC staining (15/30). In conclusion, MYC protein exhibited variable expression across and within pediatric SRBCT subtypes. Overall, these findings provide a baseline for MYC expression in pediatric SRBCT and suggest that there may be multiple mechanisms of MYC upregulation in these different neoplasms.
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- Karen M Chisholm
- 1 Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,2 Now at Seattle Children's Hospital, Department of Laboratories, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- 3 Dell Children's Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Austin, Texas, USA
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- 4 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- 1 Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Arnold MA, Barr FG. Molecular diagnostics in the management of rhabdomyosarcoma. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2017; 17:189-194. [PMID: 28058850 DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2017.1275965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A classification of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) with prognostic relevance has primarily relied on clinical features and histologic classification as either embryonal or alveolar RMS. The PAX3-FOXO1 and PAX7-FOXO1 gene fusions occur in 80% of cases with the alveolar subtype and are more predictive of outcome than histologic classification. Identifying additional molecular hallmarks that further subclassify RMS is an active area of research. Areas Covered: The authors review the current state of the PAX3-FOXO1 and PAX7-FOXO1 fusions as prognostic biomarkers. Emerging biomarkers, including mRNA expression profiling, MYOD1 mutations, RAS pathway mutations and gene fusions involving NCOA2 or VGLL2 are also reviewed. Expert commentary: Strategies for modifying RMS risk stratification based on molecular biomarkers are emerging with the potential to transform the clinical management of RMS, ultimately improving patient outcomes by tailoring therapy to predicted patient risk and identifying targets for novel therapies.
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- Michael A Arnold
- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Nationwide Children's Hospital , Columbus , OH , USA.,b Department of Pathology , The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center , Columbus , OH , USA
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- c Laboratory of Pathology , National Cancer Institute , Bethesda , MD , USA
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Balogh P, Bánusz R, Csóka M, Váradi Z, Varga E, Sápi Z. Primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the bone: two cases and review of the literature. Diagn Pathol 2016; 11:99. [PMID: 27756397 PMCID: PMC5069778 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-016-0552-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant tumor of mesenchymal origin and comprises the largest category of soft-tissue sarcomas both in children and adolescents. From a pediatric oncology point of view, RMS has traditionally been classified into alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal (ERMS) subtypes. The anatomical localization of the tumor may vary, but commonly involve the head/neck regions, male and female urogenital tract or the trunk and extremities. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we report two challenging cases involving 17- and 9-years-olds males where diffuse and multiplex bone lesions suggested either a hematological disease or a primary bone tumor (mesenchymal chondrosarcoma). Biopsies, proved a massive infiltration of the bone marrow cavity with rhabdomyosarcoma. In both cases, the ARMS subtype was confirmed using FOXO1 break-apart probes (FISH). Radiological examination could not identify primary soft tissue component in any localization at the time of diagnosis in either cases. CONCLUSIONS Primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the bone as a subtype of ARMS, seems to be a distinct clinico-pathological entity with challenging diagnostic difficulties and different, yet better, biological behavior in comparison to soft tissue ARMS. However, it is difficult to be characterized or predict its prognosis and long-term survival as only sporadic cases (four) were reported so far.
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- Petra Balogh
- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, H-1085, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 7-9, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 7-9, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 7-9, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 7-9, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary.,Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 7-9, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, H-1085, Hungary.
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Owosho AA, Huang SC, Chen S, Kashikar S, Estilo CL, Wolden SL, Wexler LH, Huryn JM, Antonescu CR. A clinicopathologic study of head and neck rhabdomyosarcomas showing FOXO1 fusion-positive alveolar and MYOD1-mutant sclerosing are associated with unfavorable outcome. Oral Oncol 2016; 61:89-97. [PMID: 27688110 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Based on their distinctive histologic and genetic features, the latest WHO classification of soft tissue tumors includes four pathologic variants of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS): embryonal (ERMS), alveolar (ARMS), spindle cell-sclerosing (SRMS-ScRMS) and pleomorphic RMS. The aim of this study focused on a detailed clinicopathologic and survival analysis of head and neck RMS (HNRMS) using the latest pathologic and molecular criteria reflecting this new subclassification in a large cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients managed for HNRMS in our institution (1996-2015) were analyzed. The presence of a FOXO1 fusion was required for the classification of ARMS. MYOD1 mutations in SRMS-ScRMS were tested when material available. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate variables related to overall survival (OS). RESULTS Ninety-nine HNRMS patients (52 males and 47 females, mean of 16years) were included in the study after pathologic re-review. The most common location was parameningeal (PM) (n=64), followed by non-orbital/non-PM (n=25) and orbital (n=10). There were 53 ERMS, 33 fusion-positive ARMS and 13 SRMS-ScRMS [SRMS (8); ScRMS (5)]. The 5-year OS rate for ERMS patients was significantly higher (82%) compared to ARMS (53%) and SRMS-ScRMS (50%) [SRMS (75%); ScRMS (30%)]. Univariate analysis showed that survival was dependent on histology (P=0.012), tumor size >5cm (P<0.001), regional lymph node involvement (P=0.002), metastasis at initial presentation (P<0.001), stage (P<0.001), and recurrence (P=0.002). Multivariate analysis confirmed histologic subtype to be significant (P=0.043). CONCLUSION Our findings reinforce that HNRMS is a heterogenous disease with ARMS and SRMS-ScRMS having an equally unfavorable outcome.
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- Adepitan A Owosho
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States.
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Lin WC, Chen JH, Westphalen A, Chang H, Chiang IP, Chen CH, Wu HC, Lin CH. Primary Renal Rhabdomyosarcoma in an Adolescent With Tumor Thrombosis in the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e3771. [PMID: 27227946 PMCID: PMC4902370 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Although the second peak of the age distribution of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is at adolescence, renal RMS is extremely rare at this age group. This tumor is indistinguishable from other renal tumors based on clinical and imaging findings, and the diagnosis relies on histology and immunohistochemical staining. We report a unique case of adolescent renal RMS associated with tumor thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right atrium.An 18-year-old female adolescent presented with shortness of breath and palpitations, associated with right flank discomfort, and hematuria. A pleomorphic-type renal RMS with Budd-Chiari syndrome and arrhythmia induced by IVC and RA thrombosis was diagnosed. Despite complete tumor resection, the patient developed multiple lung metastases a month after surgery. Chemotherapy was recommended, but the patient declined. She died within a year of the initial operation.Adolescent renal RMS is rare and associated with poor outcome. Early aggressive multimodal therapy seems to be appropriate, in particular, in the presence of tumor thrombosis.
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- Wei-Ching Lin
- From the Department of Radiology (W-CL, C-HC), China Medical University Hospital; School of Medicine (W-CL, H-CW), China Medical University; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science (W-CL, C-HL), College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung; E-Da Hospital and I-Shou University (J-HC), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (ROC.); Center for Functional Onco-Imaging (J-HC), School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA; Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Urology (AW), University of California, San Francisco, CA; Department of Pathology (HC, I-PC), China Medical University Hospital; Department of Urology (H-CW), China Medical University Hospital; and China Medical University Children's Hospital (C-HL), Taichung, Taiwan (ROC)
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Arnold MA, Anderson JR, Gastier-Foster JM, Barr FG, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Raney RB, Parham DM, Teot LA, Rudzinski ER, Walterhouse DO. Histology, Fusion Status, and Outcome in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma With Low-Risk Clinical Features: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016; 63:634-9. [PMID: 26756883 PMCID: PMC4755849 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Distinguishing alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is of prognostic and therapeutic importance. Criteria for classifying these entities evolved significantly from 1995 to 2013. ARMS is associated with inferior outcome; therefore, patients with alveolar histology have generally been excluded from low-risk therapy. However, patients with ARMS and low-risk stage and group (Stage 1, Group I/II/orbit III; or Stage 2/3, Group I/II) were eligible for the Children's Oncology Group (COG) low-risk rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) study D9602 from 1997 to 1999. The characteristics and outcomes of these patients have not been previously reported, and the histology of these cases has not been reviewed using current criteria. PROCEDURE We re-reviewed cases that were classified as ARMS on D9602 using current histologic criteria, determined PAX3/PAX7-FOXO1 fusion status, and compared these data with outcome for this unique group of patients. RESULTS Thirty-eight patients with ARMS were enrolled onto D9602. Only one-third of cases with slides available for re-review (11/33) remained classified as ARMS by current histologic criteria. Most cases were reclassified as ERMS (17/33, 51.5%). Cases that remained classified as ARMS were typically fusion-positive (8/11, 73%), therefore current classification results in a similar rate of fusion-positive ARMS for all clinical risk groups. In conjunction with data from COG intermediate-risk treatment protocol D9803, our data demonstrate excellent outcomes for fusion-negative ARMS with otherwise low-risk clinical features. CONCLUSIONS Patients with fusion-positive RMS with low-risk clinical features should be classified and treated as intermediate risk, while patients with fusion-negative ARMS could be appropriately treated with reduced intensity therapy.
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- Michael A. Arnold
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH,Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH,Correspondence to: Michael A. Arnold, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, Phone: 614-722-5719,
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH,Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Children's Cancer Hospital and Division of Pediatrics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Wolden SL, Lyden ER, Arndt CA, Hawkins DS, Anderson JR, Rodeberg DA, Morris CD, Donaldson SS. Local Control for Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma: Results From D9803 According to Histology, Group, Site, and Size: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015; 93:1071-6. [PMID: 26581144 PMCID: PMC5147527 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine local control according to clinical variables for patients with intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) treated on Children's Oncology Group protocol D9803. PATIENTS AND METHODS Of 702 patients enrolled, we analyzed 423 patients with central pathology-confirmed group III embryonal (n=280) or alveolar (group III, n=102; group I-II, n=41) RMS. Median age was 5 years. Patients received 42 weeks of VAC (vincristine, dactinomycin, cyclophosphamide) or VAC alternating with VTC (T = topotecan). Local therapy with 50.4 Gy radiation therapy with or without delayed primary excision began at week 12 for group III patients. Patients with group I/II alveolar RMS received 36-41.4 Gy. Local failure (LF) was defined as local progression as a first event with or without concurrent regional or distant failure. RESULTS At a median follow-up of 6.6 years, patients with clinical group I/II alveolar RMS had a 5-year event-free survival rate of 69% and LF of 10%. Among patients with group III RMS, 5-year event-free survival and LF rates were 70% and 19%, respectively. Local failure rates did not differ by histology, nodal status, or primary site, though there was a trend for increased LF for retroperitoneal (RP) tumors (P=.12). Tumors ≥5 cm were more likely to fail locally than tumors <5 cm (25% vs 10%, P=.0004). Almost all (98%) RP tumors were ≥5 cm, with no difference in LF by site when the analysis was restricted to tumors ≥5 cm (P=.86). CONCLUSION Local control was excellent for clinical group I/II alveolar RMS. Local failure constituted 63% of initial events in clinical group III patients and did not vary by histology or nodal status. The trend for higher LF in RP tumors was related to tumor size. There has been no clear change in local control over RMS studies, including IRS-III and IRS-IV. Novel approaches are warranted for larger tumors (≥5 cm).
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- Suzanne L Wolden
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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- Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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La Starza R, Nofrini V, Pierini T, Pierini V, Zin A, Bisogno G, Cerri C, Caniglia M, Sidoni A, Ludwig K, Mecucci C. Molecular Cytogenetics Detect an Unbalanced t(2;13)(q36;q14) and PAX3-FOXO1 Fusion in Rhabdomyosarcoma With Mixed Embryonal/Alveolar Features. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015; 62:2238-41. [PMID: 26179572 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Distinguishing between alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is crucial because treatment and prognosis are different. We describe a case of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), which was classified as mixed ERMS/ARMS. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) detected losses of 3'PAX3 and 5'FOXO1, suggesting they had undergone an unbalanced rearrangement that probably produced the PAX3-FOXO1 fusion. Double-color FISH and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) revealed PAX3-FOXO1, which is characteristic of high-risk RMS. This finding highlights the importance of supplementing histology with genetics so that atypical RMS is appropriately classified and patients are correctly stratified and treated.
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- Roberta La Starza
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Hematology-Clinic, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, SM della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, SM della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Medical School, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University-Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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