Cancer Medicine (May 2023)

Prevalence of pathogenic variants in cancer‐predisposing genes in second cancer after childhood solid cancers

  • Masanori Yoshida,
  • Kazuhiko Nakabayashi,
  • Wentao Yang,
  • Aiko Sato‐Otsubo,
  • Shin‐ichi Tsujimoto,
  • Hiroko Ogata‐Kawata,
  • Tomoko Kawai,
  • Keisuke Ishiwata,
  • Mika Sakamoto,
  • Kohji Okamura,
  • Kaoru Yoshida,
  • Ryota Shirai,
  • Tomoo Osumi,
  • Chikako Kiyotani,
  • Yoko Shioda,
  • Keita Terashima,
  • Sae Ishimaru,
  • Yuki Yuza,
  • Masatoshi Takagi,
  • Yuki Arakawa,
  • Toshihiko Imamura,
  • Daisuke Hasegawa,
  • Akiko Inoue,
  • Takako Yoshioka,
  • Shuichi Ito,
  • Daisuke Tomizawa,
  • Katsuyoshi Koh,
  • Kimikazu Matsumoto,
  • Nobutaka Kiyokawa,
  • Seishi Ogawa,
  • Atsushi Manabe,
  • Akira Niwa,
  • Kenichiro Hata,
  • Jun J. Yang,
  • Motohiro Kato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5835
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 10
pp. 11264 – 11273

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Abstract Background Second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) are one of the most severe late complications after pediatric cancer treatment. However, the effect of genetic variation on SMNs remains unclear. In this study, we revealed germline genetic factors that contribute to the development of SMNs after treatment of pediatric solid tumors. Methods We performed whole‐exome sequencing in 14 pediatric patients with SMNs, including three brain tumors. Results Our analysis revealed that five of 14 (35.7%) patients had pathogenic germline variants in cancer‐predisposing genes (CPGs), which was significantly higher than in the control cohort (p < 0.01). The identified genes with variants were TP53 (n = 2), DICER1 (n = 1), PMS2 (n = 1), and PTCH1 (n = 1). In terms of the type of subsequent cancer, leukemia and multiple episodes of SMN had an exceptionally high rate of CPG pathogenic variants. None of the patients with germline variants had a family history of SMN development. Mutational signature analysis showed that platinum drugs contributed to the development of SMN in three cases, which suggests the role of platinum agents in SMN development. Conclusions We highlight that overlapping effects of genetic background and primary cancer treatment contribute to the development of second cancers after treatment of pediatric solid tumors. A comprehensive analysis of germline and tumor samples may be useful to predict the risk of secondary cancers.

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