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96. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie e. V ...

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Keynote Lecture<br />

VO-014<br />

Genetic determinants for cancer progression and individual<br />

therapy selection<br />

A . Ullrich 1<br />

1Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry,<br />

Martinsried<br />

For the past years we have investigated various aspects of signaling systems<br />

in tumor cells in or<strong>der</strong> to identify critical switch points in the patho-physiological<br />

process that results in malignancy. These efforts aim<br />

at the selective blockade of abnormal, disease-promoting signaling mechanisms<br />

by monoclonal antibodies, or small molecule kinase inhibitors.<br />

This strategic approach began with the cloning of the EGF receptor<br />

cDNA and the related receptor HER-2/neu and translated the animal<br />

oncogene concept into target-directed personalized therapy of human<br />

cancer. This work yielded the first specific oncogene target-based, FDAapproved<br />

(1998) therapeutic agent, “Herceptin”, for the treatment of metastatic<br />

breast cancer. Earlier and subsequent “target-driven drug development”<br />

efforts that employed various genomic analysis strategies led<br />

to the cancer therapies that are based on EGFR, HER3, FGFR4, Axl/Ufo<br />

and Flk-1/VEGFR2 as critical signaling elements in tumor progression.<br />

The latter served, in cooperation with SUGEN Inc./Pharmacia/Pfizer, as<br />

basis for the development of SU11248. The drug discovery process that<br />

led to SU11248 represents a prototypical example for the adaptation of<br />

cancer therapeutics from highly specific to multi-targeted drugs.<br />

While all novel cancer therapies target genetic alterations in tumor tissues<br />

innovative strategies are aimed at investigating the contribution of<br />

germ line determinants of the patient to disease progression and therapy<br />

response. One example is the common polymorphism at codon position<br />

388 in the human FGFR4 gene of which the Arg388 allele represents a<br />

target for the development of individual genotype-dependent cancer<br />

therapy development. Current findings and their consequences for patient-specific<br />

cancer therapy will be discussed.<br />

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Translationale Forschung und Diagnostik –<br />

Lunge, Sarkome, GIST<br />

VO-015<br />

Translational lung cancer research<br />

S . Perner1 1University Hospital of Bonn, Institute of Pathology, Bonn<br />

Lung cancer is the most common malignant disease leading to death<br />

worldwide. Histologically, it is broadly subcategorized into small cell<br />

lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with the<br />

latter mainly consisting of the three major entities – adenocarcinoma,<br />

squamous cell carcinomas and large cell carcinomas. In the recent past,<br />

surgical resection and chemotherapy were the only therapeutic options<br />

available. However, genetic profiling of various lung cancer entities have<br />

revealed major genetic differences within distinct histological tumor<br />

entities, enabling specific diagnosis, individual prognosis and rational<br />

treatment for the disease. Mutation of the Epi<strong>der</strong>mal Growth Factor<br />

Receptor (EGFR) in lung cancer of non-smoking patients was the first<br />

major discovery leading to novel therapeutic strategies, which included<br />

treatment with tyrosin kinase inhibitors (TKI) gefitinib and erlotinib.<br />

EGFR mutated cases are more sensitive to TKI treatment, whereas cases<br />

harboring KRAS mutations are associated with a resistance to TKI.<br />

Moreover, the occurrence of KRAS and EFGR mutations are mutually<br />

exclusive and are correlated with poor prognosis.<br />

In an effort to further subclassify lung cancer at the molecular level, large<br />

lung cancer cohorts were characterized using high-throughput technologies.<br />

The lineage survival oncogene TTF1 is found to be the most<br />

common amplification occurring in pulmonary adenocarcinomas. In<br />

squamous cell lung cancer, SOX2 was identified as the most frequently<br />

amplified lineage survival oncogene. Amplification of either gene proved<br />

to be associated with better overall survival rates. In 2010, Weiss et al.<br />

described Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 (FGFR1) amplification in<br />

20% of squamous cell lung cancer. FGFR1 amplified tumors were shown<br />

to be sensitive to FGFR1 small molecule inhibitors in cell lines and murine<br />

xenograft models. This finding paved the way to the first rational<br />

therapy in a significant subset of molecularly defined squamous cell lung<br />

cancers. Moreover, our discovery of FGFR1 amplification in squamous<br />

cell cancers of the head and neck area might broaden the therapeutic<br />

spectrum of the FGFR1 inhibitors.<br />

These findings, among others, can only estimate the genetic complexity<br />

of lung tumors. Large-scale molecular profiling has the potential to<br />

identify novel diagnostic, prognostic and predictive markers as well as<br />

therapeutic targets.

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