Integrated molecular subtyping defines a curable oligometastatic state in colorectal liver metastasis

Sean P. Pitroda; Nikolai N. Khodarev; Lei Huang; Abhineet Uppal; Sean C. Wightman; Sabha Ganai; Nora Joseph; Jason Pitt; Miguel Brown; Martin Forde; Kathy Mangold; Lai Xue; Christopher Weber; Jeremy P. Segal; Sabah Kadri; Melinda E. Stack; Sajid Khan; Philip Paty; Karen Kaul; Jorge Andrade; Kevin P. White; Mark Talamonti; Mitchell C. Posner; Samuel Hellman; Ralph R. Weichselbaum

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04278-6

Integrated molecular subtyping defines a curable oligometastatic state in colorectal liver metastasis

Sean P. Pitroda, Nikolai N. Khodarev, Lei Huang, Abhineet Uppal, Sean C. Wightman, Sabha Ganai, Nora Joseph, Jason Pitt, Miguel Brown, Martin Forde, Kathy Mangold, Lai Xue, Christopher Weber, Jeremy P. Segal, Sabah Kadri, Melinda E. Stack, Sajid Khan, Philip Paty, Karen Kaul, Jorge AndradeKevin P. White, Mark Talamonti, Mitchell C. Posner, Samuel Hellman, Ralph R. Weichselbaum

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The oligometastasis hypothesis suggests a spectrum of metastatic virulence where some metastases are limited in extent and curable with focal therapies. A subset of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer achieves prolonged survival after resection of liver metastases consistent with oligometastasis. Here we define three robust subtypes of de novo colorectal liver metastasis through integrative molecular analysis. Patients with metastases exhibiting MSI-independent immune activation experience the most favorable survival. Subtypes with adverse outcomes demonstrate VEGFA amplification in concert with (i) stromal, mesenchymal, and angiogenic signatures, or (ii) exclusive NOTCH1 and PIK3C2B mutations with E2F/MYC activation. Molecular subtypes complement clinical risk stratification to distinguish low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients with 10-year overall survivals of 94%, 45%, and 19%, respectively. Our findings provide a framework for integrated classification and treatment of metastasis and support the biological basis of curable oligometastatic colorectal cancer. These concepts may be applicable to many patients with metastatic cancer.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1793
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04278-6
State	Published - Dec 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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General Chemistry
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Pitroda, S. P., Khodarev, N. N., Huang, L., Uppal, A., Wightman, S. C., Ganai, S., Joseph, N., Pitt, J., Brown, M., Forde, M., Mangold, K., Xue, L., Weber, C., Segal, J. P., Kadri, S., Stack, M. E., Khan, S., Paty, P., Kaul, K., ... Weichselbaum, R. R. (2018). Integrated molecular subtyping defines a curable oligometastatic state in colorectal liver metastasis. Nature communications, 9(1), Article 1793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04278-6

Pitroda, SP, Khodarev, NN, Huang, L, Uppal, A, Wightman, SC, Ganai, S, Joseph, N, Pitt, J, Brown, M, Forde, M, Mangold, K, Xue, L, Weber, C, Segal, JP, Kadri, S, Stack, ME, Khan, S, Paty, P, Kaul, K, Andrade, J, White, KP, Talamonti, M, Posner, MC, Hellman, S & Weichselbaum, RR 2018, 'Integrated molecular subtyping defines a curable oligometastatic state in colorectal liver metastasis', Nature communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 1793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04278-6

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