Prognostic impact of CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma: A multiinstitutional retrospective study

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is rare, but the most common primary malignancy of the salivary gland and not infrequent in young individuals. CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions are frequently detected in MEC and are useful as a diagnostic biomarker. However, there has been debate as to whether the fusions have p...

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Published in:Cancer science Vol. 111; no. 11; pp. 4195 - 4204
Main Authors: Okumura, Yoshihide, Nakano, Satsuki, Murase, Takayuki, Ueda, Kaori, Kawakita, Daisuke, Nagao, Toshitaka, Kusafuka, Kimihide, Urano, Makoto, Yamamoto, Hidetaka, Kano, Satoshi, Tsukahara, Kiyoaki, Okami, Kenji, Nagao, Toru, Hanai, Nobuhiro, Iwai, Hiroshi, Kawata, Ryo, Tada, Yuichiro, Nibu, Ken‐Ichi, Inagaki, Hiroshi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-11-2020
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Summary:Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is rare, but the most common primary malignancy of the salivary gland and not infrequent in young individuals. CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions are frequently detected in MEC and are useful as a diagnostic biomarker. However, there has been debate as to whether the fusions have prognostic significance. In this study, we retrospectively collected 153 salivary gland MEC cases from 11 tertiary hospitals in Japan. As inclusion criteria, the MEC patients in this study had curative surgery as the initial treatment, received no preoperative treatment, and had no distant metastasis at the time of the initial surgery. The MEC diagnosis was validated by a central pathology review by five expert salivary gland pathologists. The CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions were detected using FISH and RT‐PCR. In 153 MEC cases, 90 (58.8%) were positive for CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions. During the follow‐up period, 28 (18.3%) patients showed tumor recurrence and 12 (7.8%) patients died. The presence of the fusions was associated with favorable tumor features. Of note, none of the fusion‐positive patients died during the follow‐up period. Statistical analysis showed that the presence of the fusions was a prognostic indicator of a better overall survival in the total and advanced‐stage MEC cohorts, but not in the early‐stage MEC cohort. In conclusion, CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions are an excellent biomarker for favorable overall survival of patients with salivary gland MEC. Debate exists as to whether CRTC1/3‐MAML2 fusions have a prognostic significance in salivary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC). We undertook a multiinstitutional study including 153 MEC cases, and found that the fusions were an excellent biomarker for better overall survival in the total and advanced‐stage MEC cohorts.
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, Grant/Award Numbers 15K08351 and 17K08746.
Yoshihide Okumura and Satsuki Nakano contributed equally to the study.
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ISSN:1347-9032
1349-7006
DOI:10.1111/cas.14632