The genomic and immune landscape of long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian cancer Journal Article


Authors: Garsed, D. W.; Pandey, A.; Fereday, S.; Kennedy, C. J.; Takahashi, K.; Alsop, K.; Hamilton, P. T.; Hendley, J.; Chiew, Y. E.; Traficante, N.; Provan, P.; Ariyaratne, D.; Au-Yeung, G.; Bateman, N. W.; Bowes, L.; Brand, A.; Christie, E. L.; Cunningham, J. M.; Friedlander, M.; Grout, B.; Harnett, P.; Hung, J. L.; McCauley, B.; McNally, O.; Piskorz, A. M.; Saner, F. A. M.; Vierkant, R. A.; Wang, C.; Winham, S. J.; Pharoah, P. D. P.; Brenton, J. D.; Conrads, T. P.; Maxwell, G. L.; Ramus, S. J.; Pearce, C. L.; Pike, M. C.; Nelson, B. H.; Goode, E. L.; DeFazio, A.; Bowtell, D. D. L.
Article Title: The genomic and immune landscape of long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian cancer
Abstract: Fewer than half of all patients with advanced-stage high-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSCs) survive more than five years after diagnosis, but those who have an exceptionally long survival could provide insights into tumor biology and therapeutic approaches. We analyzed 60 patients with advanced-stage HGSC who survived more than 10 years after diagnosis using whole-genome sequencing, transcriptome and methylome profiling of their primary tumor samples, comparing this data to 66 short- or moderate-term survivors. Tumors of long-term survivors were more likely to have multiple alterations in genes associated with DNA repair and more frequent somatic variants resulting in an increased predicted neoantigen load. Patients clustered into survival groups based on genomic and immune cell signatures, including three subsets of patients with BRCA1 alterations with distinctly different outcomes. Specific combinations of germline and somatic gene alterations, tumor cell phenotypes and differential immune responses appear to contribute to long-term survival in HGSC.
Keywords: homologous recombination; carcinoma; repair; t-cells; variants; somatic mutations; structural; fallopian-tube; copy number; expression analysis; bioconductor package; genetics & heredity
Journal Title: Nature Genetics
Volume: 54
Issue: 12
ISSN: 1061-4036
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2022-12-01
Start Page: 1853
End Page: 1864
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000928010000001
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-022-01230-9
PROVIDER: wos
PUBMED: 36456881
PMCID: PMC10478425
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Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PubMed record and PDF.
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