The Prognostic Impact of KRAS G12C Mutation in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.
Akihito KawazoeDaisuke KotaniToshiki MasuishiTakeshi KawakamiYasuyuki KawamotoKyoko KatoKunihiro FushikiKentaro SawadaRyosuke KumanishiHiromichi ShirasuYuki MatsubaraSatoshi YukiYoshito KomatsuKentaro YamazakiTakayuki YoshinoPublished in: The oncologist (2021)
Among patients with KRAS exon 2 mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 9.4 and 21.1 months, respectively, for G12C mutation and 10.8 and 27.3 months, respectively, for patients with non-G12C mutations, indicating significantly shorter PFS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08-2.01; p = .015) and OS (HR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.08-2.08; p = .015) in patients with G12C mutation than in those with non-G12C mutations. Furthermore, multivariate analysis showed that KRAS G12C mutation was independently associated with shorter first-line PFS and OS. Thus, these findings underscore the relevance of a stratified treatment targeting KRAS G12C mutation in mCRC.