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. 2019 Aug 5;8(8):1173. doi: 10.3390/jcm8081173

Table 1.

Adequacy rate of EUS-TA samples for NGS in pancreatic solid mass.

Author (Year) Study Type No. of Patients Type of Tumor Biopsy Type Needle Adequacy Rate for NGS P-Value Required Tumor Fraction Genes Targeted Frequency of Genomic Alterations
Elhanafi S, et al. (2018) Retrospective cohort study 167 PDAC EUS-FNA/B 70.1% ≥10% Custom panel (47 genes) KRAS (88%), TP53 (68%), SMAD4 (16%)
145 EUS-FNA EUSN-3 (22-gauge) 66.9% 0.02
22 EUS-FNB SharkCore/ProCore (22-gauge) 90.9%
Larson BK, et al. (2018) Retrospective study 61 Pancreatic exocrine malignancy EUS-FNA/B 67.2% ≥20% FoundationOne (315 genes) NA
7 EUS-FNA NA 42.9% 0.1494
54 EUS-FNB SharkCore/ProCore 70.4%
Gleeson FC, et al. (2017) Retrospective study 156 PanNET EUS-FNA NA 58% ≥20% Custom GeneRead DNAseq Targeted Panel V2 (15 genes) MEN1 (42%), DAXX (11%), ATRX (10%), TSC2 (8%)
Young G, et al. (2013) Retrospective study 23 PDAC, Mucinous adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma NOS, PanNET EUS-FNA NA 100% ≥20% Custom panel (287 genes) KRAS (78%), TP53 (74%), CDKN2A/B (35%), SMAD4 (17%), PTEN (13%)
Gleeson FC, et al. (2016) Retrospective study 47 PDAC, Ampullary adenocarcinoma, IPMN, Lynch syndrome associated PDAC EUS-FNA NA 61.7% ≥20% Human Comprehensive Cancer GeneRead DNAseq Targeted Panel V2 (160 genes) KRAS (93.1%), TP53 (72.4%), SMAD4 (31%), GNAS (10.3%)

NGS, next generation sequencing; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; NOS, not otherwise specified; PanNET, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; EUS-FNA, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration; EUS-FNB, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy; NA, not available.