Affiliation:
1. Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund Lund University Lund Sweden
2. Division of Translational Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine Lund University
3. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology Skåne University Hospital Lund Sweden
Abstract
AbstractLung cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly, with a median age at diagnosis around 70 years. In our study we sought to address the question of whether and how clinical characteristics, molecular alterations and molecular phenotypes differ between patient populations with early‐stage lung adenocarcinoma (AC) with respect to age at diagnosis. Patients were stratified based on age at diagnosis into five systematic age bins (<50, 50‐60, 60‐70, 70‐80 and ≥80 years). To assess clinicopathological variables on a population‐based level, we accessed data from the national quality registry for lung cancer in Sweden. In parallel, we used compiled datasets from public cohorts to investigate focal and genome‐wide DNA alterations, epigenetic alterations, immune composition and transcriptional patterns in relation to age at diagnosis. Gender, stage, WHO performance and likelihood of receiving chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment were linked to age at diagnosis. Associations between younger patient age and likelihood of harboring certain driver mutations (eg, in EGFR and ALK) were confirmed. We also found an association between age at diagnosis and certain mutational signatures. However, age did not seem to drive transcriptional, copy number, or epigenetic variation in the tumors. Based on our findings, age at diagnosis alone does not appear to provide an additional layer of biological complexity above that of proposed genetic and transcriptional phenotypes of AC.
Funder
Cancerfonden
Fru Berta Kamprads Stiftelse
Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse
Sjöbergstiftelsen
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