Table 6

Reports of MED12 somatic mutations in fibroadenomas (FA) and phyllodes tumours (PT)

First author, journal, date publishedMED12 mutation frequencyDistribution of MED12 mutationsAdditional findings
Lim1
Nat Genet
20 July 2014
58/98 (59%) of FA42 (72%) G44 missense mutations
4 (7%) other missense mutations
7 (12%) in-frame deletions
1 (2%) frameshift deletion
4 (7%) splice site mutations
Microdissection performed. MED12 mutations were present in stroma but not in the epithelium.
Cani12
Mol Cancer Res
15 Jan 2015
10/15 (67%) of PT
 4/5 (80%) of benign
 4/5 (80%) of borderline
 2/5 (40%) of malignant
5 (50%) G44 missense mutations
3 (30%) in-frame deletions
2 (20%) splice site mutations
Mutations of TP53, RB1 and NF1 found exclusively in malignant tumours.
Yoshida27
Br J Cancer
2 Apr 2015
37/46 (80%) of PT
 15/18 (83%) of benign
 12/15 (80%) of borderline
 10/24 (77%) malignant
36/58 (62%) of FA
 24/32 (75%) intracanalicular
 8/20 (40%) pericanalicular
38 (52%) G44 missense mutations
5 (7%) other missense mutations
21 (29%) in-frame deletions
6 (8%) splice site mutations
3 (4%) duplications
Microdissection revealed MED12 mutations confined to stromal component only.
MED12 mutations not correlated with abnormal protein expression of p53, p16 and Rb.
Piscuoglio11
Histopathology
8 Apr 2015
30/47 (64%) PT
 22/25 (88%) of benign
 7/9 (78%) of borderline
 1/13 (8%) of malignant
17/20 (65%) FA
 8/8 (100%) intracanalicular
 6/15 (40%) pericanalicular
28 (60%) G44 missense mutations
16 (34%) in-frame deletions
3 (6%) frameshift indels
Nagasawa28
Cancer Med
13 Apr 2015
5/11 (45%) PT—all borderline grades
6/9 (67%) FA
5 (45%) G44 missense mutations
1 (9%) other missense mutation
4 (36%) in-frame deletions
1 (9%) splice site mutation
Next-generation sequencing on cancer and sarcoma-related regions found no other recurrent mutations
Pfarr10
Genes Chromosomes Cancer
30 Apr 2015
9/16 (56%) PT
 8/11 (73%) benign
 1/5 (20%) malignant
13/21 (62%) FA
 9/11 (82%) intracanalicular
 4/10 (40%) pericanalicular
13 (59%) G44 missense mutations
2 (9%) other missense mutations
6 (27%) in-frame deletions
1 (5%) splice site mutation
Ng2
J Clin Pathol
27 May 2015
70/112 (62.5%) PT
 43/66 (65%) benign
 21/32 (66%) borderline
 6/14 (43%) malignant
52 (74%) G44 missense mutations
1 (1%) other missense mutation
13 (19%) in-frame deletions
4 (6%) splice site mutations
Patients with MED12 mutant tumours experienced an improved disease-free survival
Mishima29
Breast Cancer Res Treat
21 June 2015
20/27 (74%) PT
 16/20 (80%) benign
 4/6 (67%) borderline
 0/1 (0%) malignant
27/58 (47%) FA
 20/29 (69%) intracanalicular
 2/13 (15%) pericanalicular
 3/13 (23%) organoid
 2/3 (67%) mastopathic
38 (78%) G44 missense mutations
2 (4%) other missense mutations
6 (12%) in-frame deletions
3 (6%) splice site mutations
Microdissection performed. MED12 mutations were present in stroma but not in the epithelium of fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumours.
Lien30
Histopathology
25 June 2015
35/49 (71%) PT
 16/22 (73%) benign
 12/17 (71%) borderline
 7/10 (70%) malignant
36/72 (50%) FA
 9/18 (50%) usual FA
 8/17 (47%) complex FA
 10/19 (53%) juvenile FA
 9/18 (50%) tubular adenoma
52 (73%) G44 missense mutations
3 (4%) other missense mutations
14 (20%) insertion deletion mutations
2 (3%) splice site mutations
Yoon17
Genes Chromosomes Cancer
9 Feb 2016
81/176 (46%) PT
 35/49 (71%) benign
 25/49 (52%) borderline
 21/78 (27%) malignant
43 (53%) G44 missense mutations
1 (1%) other missense mutation
33 (41%) deletion mutations
4 (5%) splice site mutations
Frequency of MED12 mutation decreased with histologic grade