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Microsatellite instability-high is rare events in refractory pediatric solid tumors

Taro Yoshida, H. Muramatsu, M. Wakamatsu, Rieko Taniguchi, Daisuke Ichikawa, Masato Nakaguro, A. Natsume, Y. Takahashi

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, 2020

334 participants · 5 citations

Abstract

Abstract Microsatellite instability (MSI)-high status is associated with good responsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Although MSI-high status has been actively investigated in pediatric brain tumors, studies of other pediatric solid tumors are lacking. Among 334 consecutive pediatric patients with solid tumors, we retrospectively analyzed formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissues of 36 of 74 patients (49%) who died of disease. We assessed the MSI status in these tissues using five multiplexed markers. The results revealed that none of the patients had an MSI-high status. These results indicate that MSI-high status is a rare event in pediatric patients with refractory/relapsed solid tumors. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2021.1998266

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