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. 2019 Jul 2;152(5):570–581. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz077

Table 7.

Discordant KRAS Mutations in Primary and Metastatic Lung Cancers Reported in the Literature

Seriesa Met Assay Met(–)/Pri(+), No. (%)b Pri(–)/Met(+), No. (%)c Discordant Rate, No. (%)d
Sanger: LN met
Schmid et al (96)8 LN Sanger 17/28 (61) 8/19 (42) 25/36 (69)
Sun et al (80)9 LN Sanger 0/1 (0) 6/7 (86) 6/7 (86)
Han et al (22)11 LN Sanger 1/2 (50) 0/1 (0) 1/2 (50)
 Subtotal 18/31 (58) 14/27 (52) 32/45 (71)
Sanger: variety met
Kalikaki et al (25)17 Variety Sanger 3/5 (60) 3/5 (60) 6/8 (75)
Monaco et al (40)27 Variety Sanger 9/11 (82) 2/4 (50) 9/11 (85) [2]
Cortot et al (21)28 Variety Sanger 3/3 (100) 4/4 (100) 6/6 (100) [1]
Han et al (37)20 Variety Sanger 0/1 (0) 1/2 (50) 1/2 (50)
 Subtotal 15/20 (75) 10/15 (67) 22/27 (81)
Sanger: all studies 33/51 (65) 24/42 (57) 54/72 (75)
Other assays
Badalian et al (11)29 Bone PCR/RFLP 2/3 (67) 2/3 (67) 4/5 (80)
Munfus-McCray et al (9)19 Variety Pyro 0/1 (0) 1/2 (50) 1/2 (50)
Alsdorf et al (19)30 LN ARMS 0/4 (0) 0/4 (0) 0/4 (0)
Quéré et al (18)24 Variety Variety 2/6 (33) 4/8 (50) 5/9 (56) [1]
NGS assay
Vignot et al (15)25 Variety NGS 0/4 (0) 0/4 (0) 0/4 (0)
Xie et al (35)26 LN NGS 1/2 (50) 1/2 (50) 2/3 (67)
Current study (10) Variety NGS 1/9 (11) 0/8 (0) 1/9 (11)
 Subtotal 2/15 (13) 1/14 (7.1) 3/16 (19)
Total 39/80 (49) 32/73 (44) 67/108 (62)

ARMS, amplification mutation refractory system; LN, lymph node metastasis; Met, metastasis; NGS, next-generation sequencing; Pyro, pyrosequencing; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.

aNumber in the parentheses indicates total pairs of primary and metastatic specimens examined. Case PM10 in the current study was not included.

bNo. (%) of mutations detected in the primary tumor but not the metastatic tumor.

cNo. (%) of mutations detected in the metastatic tumor but not the primary tumor.

dNumerator: numbers of pair with discordant KRAS mutation (mutation detected only in the primary or metastatic tumor, or different KRAS mutations detected). Denominator: pairs with KRAS mutation detected in one or two of the paired specimens. Number in the bracket indicates pair with different KRAS mutations.