• Anthony Gonçalves, François Bertucci, Arnaud Guille, Severine Garnier, José Adelaide, Nadine Carbuccia, Oliver Cabaud, Pascal Finetti, Serge Brunelle, Gilles Piana, Jeanne Tomassin-Piana, Maria Paciencia, Eric Lambaudie, Cornel Popovici, Renaud Sabatier, Carole Tarpin, Magali Provansal, Jean-Marc Extra, François Eisinger, Hagay Sobol, Patrice Viens, Marc Lopez, Christophe Ginestier, Emmanuelle Charafe-Jauffret, Max Chaffanet, and Daniel Birnbaum.
• Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.
• Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 29; 7 (48): 79428-79441.

BackgroundRoutine feasibility and clinical impact of genomics-based tumor profiling in advanced breast cancer (aBC) remains to be determined. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate whether precision medicine could be prospectively implemented for aBC patients in a single center and to examine whether patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDX) could be obtained in this population.ResultsThirty-four aBC patients were included. Actionable targets were found in 28 patients (82%). A targeted therapy could be proposed to 22 patients (64%), either through a clinical trial (n=15) and/or using already registered drugs (n=21). Ten patients (29%) eventually received targeted treatment, 2 of them deriving clinical benefit. Of 22 patients subjected to mouse implantation, 10 had successful xenografting (45%), mostly in triple-negative aBC.MethodsaBC patients accessible to tumor biopsy were prospectively enrolled at the Institut Paoli-Calmettes in the BC-BIO study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01521676). Genomic profiling was established by whole-genome array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) of 365 candidate cancer genes. For a subset of patients, a sample of fresh tumor was orthotopically implanted in humanized cleared fat pads of NSG mice for establishing PDX.ConclusionsPrecision medicine can be implemented in a single center in the context of clinical practice and may allow genomic-driven treatment in approximately 30% of aBC patients. PDX may be obtained in a significant fraction of cases.

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