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The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC)

Mi Hwa Heo1, Hee Kyung Kim1, Hansang Lee1, Kyoung-Mee Kim2, Jeeyun Lee1, Se Hoon Park1, Joon Oh Park1, Ho Yeong Lim1, Won Ki Kang1, Young Suk Park1, Seung Tae Kim1✉

1. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;
2. Department of Pathology & Translational Genomics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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Heo MH, Kim HK, Lee H, Kim KM, Lee J, Park SH, Park JO, Lim HY, Kang WK, Park YS, Kim ST. The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC). J Cancer 2017; 8(8):1395-1399. doi:10.7150/jca.17898. https://www.jcancer.org/v08p1395.htm
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Abstract

Background: c-MET is a proto-oncogene that encodes the tyrosine kinase receptor for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Activation of HGF-c-MET signaling involves cell invasiveness and evokes metastasis through direct involvement of tumor angiogenesis. However, the value of c-MET overexpression is still unknown in metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC).

Methods: We analyzed the incidence and clinicopathologic characteristics of c-MET overexpression in advanced BTC. Moreover, we investigated the value of c-MET overexpression in predicting response to gemicitabine plus cisplatin (GC), a first line standard regimen, and as a prognostic marker in metastatic BTC.

Results: The BTC subtype distribution (N=44) was as follows: intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC, n=7), extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (EHCC, n=25) and gallbladder cancer (GBC, n=12). Liver (52.3%) was the predominant metastatic site, followed by lymph nodes (36.4%) and bone (15.9%). Among the 44 patients analyzed for c-MET expression, 15 (34.1%) exhibited c-MET overexpression in tumor tissues. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of c-MET overexpression among primary sites in EHCC (7/25, 28.0%), IHCC (3/7, 42.9%), and GBC (5/12, 41.7%). There was also no significant correlation between specific clinicopathologic variables and c-MET expression. Comparing the tumor-response to GC according to c-MET expression (overexpression vs. non-overexpression), there was no significant difference in either RR or DCR (p=0.394 and p >0.999, respectively). The median PFS for all 44 patients was 9.00 months (95% CI, 7.5-10.5 months) and there was no significant difference for PFS between patients with c-MET overexpression and those without (p=0.917). The median OS was 14.4 months (95% CI, 11.9-16.9 months). There was no significant difference in OS between patients with c-MET overexpression compared to those without (13.7 vs. 14.4 months, respectively; p=0.708).

Conclusions: c-MET overexpression was detected in 34.1% of advanced BTC patients irrespective of tumor location. c-MET overexpression did not predict response to GC or survival. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate the value of c-MET overexpression as a novel biomarker in these patients.

Keywords: c-MET, Biliary tract cancer (BTC).


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Heo, M.H., Kim, H.K., Lee, H., Kim, K.M., Lee, J., Park, S.H., Park, J.O., Lim, H.Y., Kang, W.K., Park, Y.S., Kim, S.T. (2017). The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC). Journal of Cancer, 8(8), 1395-1399. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.17898.

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Heo, M.H.; Kim, H.K.; Lee, H.; Kim, K.M.; Lee, J.; Park, S.H.; Park, J.O.; Lim, H.Y.; Kang, W.K.; Park, Y.S.; Kim, S.T. The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC). J. Cancer 2017, 8 (8), 1395-1399. DOI: 10.7150/jca.17898.

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Heo MH, Kim HK, Lee H, Kim KM, Lee J, Park SH, Park JO, Lim HY, Kang WK, Park YS, Kim ST. The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC). J Cancer 2017; 8(8):1395-1399. doi:10.7150/jca.17898. https://www.jcancer.org/v08p1395.htm

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Heo MH, Kim HK, Lee H, Kim KM, Lee J, Park SH, Park JO, Lim HY, Kang WK, Park YS, Kim ST. 2017. The Clinical Impact of c-MET Over-Expression in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC). J Cancer. 8(8):1395-1399.

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