ECE2019 Oral Communications Adrenal 1 (5 abstracts)
1INSERM, UMR970, Paris-Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Paris, France; 2Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, Paris, France; 3Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Service de médecine nucléaire et cancérologie endocrinienne, Villejuif, France; 4Service dEndocrinologie, Diabétologie et Maladies Métaboliques, Linstitut du thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Hôpital Nord Laënnec, Nantes, France; 5Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Larrey, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; 6Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Service dEndocrinologie Centre de référence maladies rares de la surrénale, Paris, France; 7Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Médecine Interne et Endocrinologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France; 8Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service dORL, unité dotologie, implantologie auditive et chirurgie de la base du crâne, Paris, France; 9Service dORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France; 10Service dEndocrinologie, CHU de Grenoble-Alpes, La Tronche, Grenoble, France; 11Service dORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; 12Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims, Reims, France; 13Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Nord, CHU dAmiens-Picardie, Amiens, France; 14Service de Médecine Interne, Endocrinologie et Nutrition, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; 15Service dEndocrinologie, CHU de RennesService dEndocrinologie, CHU de Rennes, Rennes, France; 16Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Service ORL-CCF, hôpital Lariboisière, université Paris VII, AP-HP, Paris, France; 17Service dEndocrinologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire dAngers, Angers, France; 18Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, Service dEndocrinologie, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Rouen, France; 19Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHU de Tours, Tours, France; 20Service dEndocrinologie, CHU Montpellier, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; 21Service dEndocrinologie, CHU de Caen, Caen, France; 22Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital de LArchet, CHU de Nice, Nice, France; 23Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France; 24Service dEndocrinologie, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; 25Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Robert Debré, Service dEndocrinologie Diabétologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance et du développement, Paris, France; 26Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service dhypertension artérielle et médecine vasculaire, Paris, France.
Context: Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors, characterized by a strong genetic component. Indeed, up to 40% of patients carry a germline mutation in a PPGL susceptibility gene. In accordance with the international recommendations, genotyping of PPGL susceptibility genes is therefore proposed to all patients with PPGL, but it has actually never been shown whether the identification of a germline mutation in one PPGL susceptibility gene changes the outcome of mutation-carriers.
Objective: Our objective was to evaluate how a positive genetic test impacts the management and outcome of propositus patients with PPGL carrying a germline mutation in one of the four major PPGL susceptibility genes (SDHB, SDHD, SDHC and VHL).
Design: We performed a multicentric retrospective study on 221 propositus carrying a SDHB, SDHD, SDHC or VHL germline mutation and followed in 24 French clinical centers of the Group of Endocrine Tumors and/or the COMETE network. Patients were divided into two groups: Genetic patients, who were informed of their genetic status within the year following the first PPGL diagnosis, and Historic patients who only benefited from the genetic test several years after initial PPGL diagnosis.
Results: Compared to Historic patients, Genetic patients had a better follow-up, with a higher number of examinations and a reduced number of patients lost to follow-up (9.6% versus 72%). During follow-up, smaller (18.7 mm versus 27.6, P=0.0128) new PPGL and metastases as well as lower metastatic spread were observed in Genetic patients. Importantly, these differences were reversed in the Historic cohort after genetic testing. Genetic patients who developed metachronous metastases had a better 5-year survival than Historic ones (P=0.0127).
Conclusion: Altogether our study clearly shows the positive impact of the identification of an SDHx or VHL mutation in the management, clinical outcome and survival of patients with PPGL. It reveals, for the first time, the clinical benefits of the practice of oncogenetics for patients with a rare cancer and strongly strengthens the recommendations of the Endocrine Society to consider PPGL genetic testing in all patients affected by PPGL.