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. 2017 May 18;116(12):1621–1626. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.147

Table 1. Literature review—sarcomas with somatic DICER1 mutations.

Sarcoma type Site Sex Age of Sarc. Dx Case Somatic DICER1 mutation(s) Germline DICER1 mutation Mutations in cis or in trans? Clinically suspicious at time of sarcoma Dx?a Evidence of DICER1 syndrome (age of Dx) Reference
ERMS Ovary F 6y 1 c.5425G>A; p.G1809R c.1196_1197dupAG; p.W400Sfs*59 Not known Nob CN (12y); MNG (13y) de Kock et al, 2015
  Uterine cervix F 13y 2 c.5113G>A; p.E1705K c.3907_3908delCT; p.L1303Vfs*4 Not known Yes MNG (11y); LC (13y) Foulkes et al, 2011 and de Kock et al, 2016
    F 14y 3 c.5438A>G; p.E1813G c.3611_3616delACTACAinsT Not known Yes MNG (14y) Foulkes et al, 2011 and de Kock et al, 2016
    F 53y 4 c.5439G>T; p.D1813D c.2457C>G; p.I813_Y819del Not known Yes MNG (17y) Rio Frio et al, 2011 and de Kock et al, 2016
    F 5 c.5428G>T; p.D1810Y None identified NA No Heravi-Moussavi et al, 2012
    F 13y 6 c.5437G>A; p.E1813K c.3535_3538delTCTT; p.S1179Tfs*12 Not known No LC, likely PPB Type Ir Tomiak et al, 2014
    F Adult 7 c.5125G>A; p.D1709Nc Not done NA Conlon et al, 2015
    F 44y 8 c.2062C>T; p.R688* & c.5438A>G; p.E1813G None identified Not known No None de Kock et al, 2016
  Uterus F 12y 9 c.5365-1G>T None identified NA No Doros et al, 2012
  Abdomen 10 c.4259_4261delGAG; p.1418_1420delE Not done NA No Doros et al, 2012
  Brain stem F 21y 11 c.5125G>A (& LOH) c.4050+1G>A Not known Yes cERMSd de Kock et al, 2014a
  Lower genital tracte F 14y 12 c.5428G>C; p.D1810H c.5387C>T, p.Q1783* In trans Nob MNG (20y) Fernández-Martínez et al, 2017
Anaplastic sarcoma Kidney F 21y 1 c.2233C>T; p.R745* & c.5437G>A; p.E1813K None identified Not known No Doros et al, 2014
    F 1.75y 2 c.5425G>A; p.G1809R None identified NA No Doros et al, 2014
    F 9y 3 c.5425G>A; p.G1809R c.2062C>T; p.R688* In trans Yes PPB Type I (8mo) Wu et al, 2016a
    12y 4 c.5125G>A; p.D1709N & c.5138A>T; p.D1713V Negative Not known No Wu et al, 2014 meeting
    F 7mo 5 c.5438A>G; p.E1813G c.2450delC; p.P817Lfs*15 In transf Yes ASK in CN (7mo) Wu et al, 2016b
Liposarcoma Site not stated 1 p.E1797Dg Not done NA No Kim et al, 2013
    2 p.E1797Dg Not done NA No Kim et al, 2013
Carcinosarcoma Uterus F 1 c.5425G>A; p.G1809R c.2516C>T; p.S839F In trans No Chen et al, 2015
    F Adult 2 c.5437G>C; p.E1813Qh Not done NA Conlon et al, 2015
  Ovary F 3 c.5438A>G; p.E1813G Suspected inactivation In trans No Chen et al, 2015; Heravi-Moussavi et al, 2012
Undifferentiated sarc. Ovary F 10y 1 c.5125G>A; p.D1709N c.5096-12G>A Not known Nob SLCT (14y) Schultz et al, 2016
STS (unknown subtype) Site not stated F 30-39y 1 p.G1809R c.3665dupT; p.L1222fs*13 Not known Schrader et al, 2016

Abbreviations: ASK=anaplastic sarcoma of kidney; CN=cystic nephroma; ERMS=embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; F=female; LC=lung cysts; MNG=multinodular goitre; mo=months; NA=not applicable; PPB=pleuropulmonary blastoma; Sarc.=sarcoma; SLCT=Sertoli–Leydig cell tumour; STS=soft tissue sarcoma; y=years.

a

Clinically suspicious for DICER1 syndrome.

b

DICER1 syndrome was not clinically suspected at time of sarcoma diagnosis, but later development of DICER1-associated lesion with or without germline mutation identification led to identification of the syndrome in these patients.

c

Mutation identified in a metastasis from a primary cervical RMS.

d

cERMS from this patient not included in the table as no somatic testing was performed.

e

The site of the ERMS was not reported in the publication; personal communication with the authors revealed the site to be in the lower genital tract.

f

Not definitive.

g

Mutation found in tumour, but not confirmed to be somatic.

h

Mutation identified within a rhabdomyosarcomatous component of a uterine carcinosarcoma.

No data.

The asterisks shown at the end of certain mutations is HGVS nomenclature indicating a termination codon.