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American Association for Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 6(18), p. 1149-1157, 2019

DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-18-1244

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Molecular Profiling of Tumor Tissue and Plasma Cell-Free DNA from Patients with Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

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Abstract

Abstract The BRAFV600E mutation and BRAF inhibitor responsiveness characterize ∼50% of patients with the non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (non-LCH) Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD). We interrogated the non-LCH molecular landscape [ECD, n = 35; Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD), n = 3; mixed ECD/RDD, n = 1] using BRAFV600E PCR and/or next-generation sequencing [tissue and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) of plasma and/or urine]. Of 34 evaluable patients, 17 (50%) had the BRAFV600E mutation. Of 31 patients evaluable for non-BRAFV600E alterations, 18 (58%) had ≥1 alteration and 12 putative non-BRAFV600E MAPK pathway alterations: atypical BRAF mutation; GNAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, NF1, and RAS mutations; RAF1 or ERBB2 amplifications; LMNA-NTRK1 (TRK inhibitor-sensitive) and CAPZA2–BRAF fusions. Four patients had JAK2, MPL ASXL1, U2AF1 alterations, which can correlate with myeloid neoplasms, a known ECD predisposition, and one developed myelofibrosis 13 months after cfDNA testing. Therefore, our multimodal comprehensive genomics reveals clinically relevant alterations and suggests that MAPK activation is a hallmark of non-LCH.