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Interpretation 2130
Tier 2
EGFR
Variants
EGFR G721S
Primary Sites
Prostate
Tumor Types
Adenocarcinoma
Interpretation

EGFR (HER1), epidermal growth factor receptor, is a tyrosine kinase receptor, which activates RAS/RAF/MEK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways, leading to increased cell proliferation and growth. EGFR G721S lies within the protein kinase domain of the EGFR protein. G721S has been identified in the scientific literature in lung cancer, but has not been biochemically characterized and therefore, its effect on EGFR protein function is unknown. EGFR mutations are rare and in prostate adenocarcinoma and are identified in only about 1% of cases. The clinicopathologic significance of the EGFR G721S variant in prostate cancer remains to be fully elucidated.

Citations
  1. UniProt.org
  2. Ichihara S et al. The impact of epidermal growth factor receptor gene status on gefitinib-treated Japanese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Cancer. 2007 Mar 15;120(6):1239-47.
  3. Tanaka Y et al. Prognostic effect of epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations and the aberrant phosphorylation of Akt and ERK in ovarian cancer. Cancer Biol Ther. 2011 Jan 1;11(1):50-7. Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer. Cell. 2015 Nov 5;163(4):1011-25.
Last updated: 2018-03-06 18:00:47 UTC
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