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Genomic abnormalities of TP53 define distinct risk groups of paediatric B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Authors	NEWMAN Alexander M ZAKA Masood ZHOU Peixun BLAIN Alex E ERHORN Amy BARNARD Amy CROSSLAND Rachel E WILKINSON Sarah ENSHAEI Amir JULIAN De Zordi HARDING Fiona TAJ Mary WOOD Katrina M TELEVANTOU Despina TURNER Suzanne Dawn BURKE G A Amos HARRISON Christine J BOMKEN Simon BACON Chris M RAND Vikki
Year of publication	2022
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Leukemia
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Web	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-021-01444-6
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41375-021-01444-6
Keywords	BURKITT-LYMPHOMACHILDRENADOLESCENTSMUTATIONSLEUKEMIAREVEALSPATHOGENESISLANDSCAPERITUXIMABDELETION
Description	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.