Prognostic impact of genomic instability in colorectal cancer

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 110; no. 8; pp. 2159 - 2164
• Main Authors: Hveem, T S, Merok, M A, Pretorius, M E, Novelli, M, Bævre, M S, Sjo, O H, Clinch, N, Liestøl, K, Svindland, A, Lothe, R A, Nesbakken, A, Danielsen, H E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.04.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/208/737/211; 692/53/2422; 692/699/67/1504/1885; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aneuploidy; Automation; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Datasets; Disease-Free Survival; DNA, Neoplasm - genetics; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Genetics & Genomics; genetics-and-genomics; Humans; Informatics; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Medical sciences; Microsatellite Instability; Middle Aged; Molecular Medicine; Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects); Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - genetics; Neoplasm Staging; Norway; Oncology; Pathology; Patients; Prognosis; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Surgery; Tumors; Norway; United Kingdom > UK; aneuploidy; CIN; MSI; colorectal cancer; image cytometry; prognosis; Chromosomal aberration; Premalignant lesion; Rectal disease; Prognosis; Genomics; Colorectal cancer; Aneuploidy; Malignant tumor; Image; Female genital diseases; Colonic disease; Cytometry; Cancerology; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cytogenetics; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Instability; Genome; Uterine cervix diseases; Cancer
• ISSN: 0007-0920; 1532-1827
• DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.133

Background: The prognostic impact of an indication of chromosomal instability (CIN) is evaluated in a consecutive series of 952 colorectal cancer patients treated at Aker University Hospital, Norway, during 1993–2003. Microsatellite instability (MSI) in this case series has recently been reported and made it possible to find the co-occurrence and compare the prognostic significance of CIN and MSI. Methods: Data sets for overall survival (OS; n =855) and time to recurrence (TTR; n =579) were studied. To reveal CIN we used automated image cytometry (ICM). Non-diploid histograms were taken as indicative of the presence of CIN. PCR-based measures of MSI in this material have already been described. Results: As with MSI, CIN was found to be an independent predictor of early relapse and death among stage II patients (TTR: n =278: HR 2.19 (95% CI: 1.35–3.55), P =0.002). Of the MSI tumours (16%), 71% were found to be DNA diploid, 21% were DNA tetraploid and 8% were DNA aneuploid. Among microsatellite stable tumours, 24% were DNA diploid, 15% were DNA tetraploid and 61% were DNA aneuploid. Conclusion: For patients presenting with stage II disease, genomic instability as detected by DNA image cytometry has the potential to provide a useful biomarker for relapse and cancer-related death following surgery with curative intent.