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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alex Newman, Dr Masood Zaka, Dr Peixun Zhou, Dr Alex Blain, Dr Amy Erhorn, Amy Barnard, Dr Rachel CrosslandORCiD, Sarah Wilkinson, Dr Amir EnshaeiORCiD, Fiona Harding, Dr Katrina Wood, Dr Despina Televantou, Dr Simon BomkenORCiD, Dr Christopher Bacon, Professor Vikki Rand
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© 2021, The Author(s). Children with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) have an excellent chance of survival, however, current clinical risk stratification places as many as half of patients in a high-risk group receiving very intensive chemo-immunotherapy. TP53 alterations are associated with adverse outcome in many malignancies; however, whilst common in paediatric B-NHL, their utility as a risk classifier is unknown. We evaluated the clinical significance of TP53 abnormalities (mutations, deletion and/or copy number neutral loss of heterozygosity) in a large UK paediatric B-NHL cohort and determined their impact on survival. TP53 abnormalities were present in 54.7% of cases and were independently associated with a significantly inferior survival compared to those without a TP53 abnormality (PFS 70.0% vs 100%, p < 0.001, OS 78.0% vs 100%, p = 0.002). Moreover, amongst patients clinically defined as high-risk (stage III with high LDH or stage IV), those without a TP53 abnormality have superior survival compared to those with TP53 abnormalities (PFS 100% vs 55.6%, p = 0.005, OS 100% vs 66.7%, p = 0.019). Biallelic TP53 abnormalities were either maintained from the presentation or acquired at progression in all paired diagnosis/progression Burkitt lymphoma cases. TP53 abnormalities thus define clinical risk groups within paediatric B-NHL and offer a novel molecular risk stratifier, allowing more personalised treatment protocols.
Author(s): Newman AM, Zaka M, Zhou P, Blain AE, Erhorn A, Barnard A, Crossland RE, Wilkinson S, Enshaei A, De Zordi J, Harding F, Taj M, Wood KM, Televantou D, Turner SD, Burke GAA, Harrison CJ, Bomken S, Bacon CM, Rand V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Leukemia
Year: 2022
Volume: 36
Issue: 3
Pages: 781-789
Print publication date: 01/03/2022
Online publication date: 21/10/2021
Acceptance date: 29/09/2021
Date deposited: 04/11/2021
ISSN (print): 0887-6924
ISSN (electronic): 1476-5551
Publisher: Springer Nature
URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-021-01444-6
DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01444-6
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