
Consensus molecular subtyping of metastatic colorectal cancer expands biomarker-directed therapeutic benefit for patients with cms1 and cms2 tumors
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND We developed a whole transcriptome sequencing (WTS)-based Consensus Molecular Subtypes (CMS) classifier using FFPE tissue and investigated its prognostic and predictive
utility in a large clinico-genomic database of CRC patients (_n_ = 24,939). METHODS The classifier was trained against the original CMS datasets using an SVM model and validated in an
independent blinded TCGA dataset (88.0% accuracy). Kaplan–Meier estimates of overall survival (OS) and time-on-treatment (TOT) were calculated for each CMS (_p_ < 0.05 considered
significant). RESULTS CMS2 tumors were enriched on left-side of colon and conferred the longest median OS. In _RAS_-wildtype mCRC, left-sided tumors and CMS2 classification were associated
with longer TOT with anti-EGFR antibodies (cetuximab and panitumumab). When restricting to only CMS2, there was no significant difference in TOT between right- versus left-sided tumors. CMS1
tumors were associated with a longer median TOT with pembrolizumab relative to other CMS groups, even when analyzing only microsatellite stable (MSS) tumors. DISCUSSION A WTS-based CMS
classifier allowed investigation of a large multi-institutional clinico-genomic mCRC cohort, suggesting anti-EGFR therapy benefit for right-sided _RAS_-WT CMS2 tumors and immune checkpoint
inhibitor benefit for MSS CMS1. Routine CMS classification of CRC provides important treatment associations that should be further investigated. Access through your institution Buy or
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DISEASE DETECTION AND REVEALS RELAPSE MECHANISMS IN LOCALIZED COLON CANCER Article Open access 29 April 2025 DATA AVAILABILITY The data generated in this study are not publicly available due
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