Table 1.
Potentially actionable common genomic aberrations in prostate cancer
Type | Frequency (ref. 86,92,172) | Potential targeted therapeutic approach | |
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Intracellular transduction pathways | |||
Androgen receptor | Amplification, mutation | 40–50% | Novel AR-targeting agents |
KRAS | Mutation | 1–2% | MEK inhibitor plus PI3K/AKT inhibitor |
PI3K/AKT pathway | |||
PTEN | Deletion, mutation | up to 60–65% | PI3K/Akt inhibitor ± AR-targeting agents |
PIK3CA | Amplification, mutation | ||
AKT | Mutation | ||
PHLPP | Deletion | ||
INPP4B | Amplification | ||
RAF-MEK-Erk pathway | |||
BRAF | Gene fusion, mutation | 1–2% | BRAF or MEK inhibitor |
Transcription factors | |||
N-MYC (concurrent with AURKA) | Amplification | 5% | Aurora-A inhibitor |
65% NEPC | |||
ETS (ERG, ETV1, ETV4, FLI1) | Gene fusion | 50% | PARP inhibitors±AR-targeting agents |
Wnt/β-catenin pathway | |||
APC | Deletion, mutation | 4–16% | Wnt-targeting drug |
B-catenin | Amplification, mutation | ||
Cell cycle control | |||
CDK4, CDK6, CyclinD1 | Mutation, amplification | 2–10% | CDK4/6 inhibitor |
Chromatin remodeling | |||
EZH2 | Amplification | 2–5% | EZH2 inhibitor |
DNA damage repair | |||
ATM, BRCA1 and BRCA2, RAD51 | Mutation, deletion | 20–25% | PARP inhibitors |