Genomic Profiling of Two Histologically Distinct Rare Urothelial Cancers in a Clinical Setting to Identify Potential Therapeutic Options for Treatment and Management of Disease.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Institution/Department

MaineHealth, Oncology

Journal Title

Case Rep Oncol

MeSH Headings

Genomics, Urologic Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell

Abstract

Molecular profiling of urothelial cancers for therapeutic and prognostic potential has been very limited due to the absence of cancer-specific targeted therapies. We describe here 2 clinical cases with a histological diagnosis of an invasive sarcomatoid and a poorly differentiated carcinoma favoring urothelial with some neuroendocrine differentiation, two of the rarer types of urothelial cancers, which were evaluated for mutations in 212 genes for single-nucleotide variants and copy-number variants and 53 genes for fusions associated with solid tumors. In both cases, we identified variants in 2 genes,

ISSN

1662-6575

First Page

196

Last Page

205

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