Next-Generation Sequencing To Identify Predictors Of Survival After Trimodality Therapy For Esophageal Cancer.

153Background: Tumor mutation profiling has changed the prognostication and treatment of a wide variety of malignances. However, little is known about whether mutation profiles affect outcome in localized esophageal cancer treated with multimodality therapy. SMAD4 is a gene involved in the regulation of the TGF-β signal transduction pathway by negatively controlling the growth of epithelial cells and has been implicated as a prognostic factor in pancreatic cancer. We undertook an exploratory analysis of tumor mutation profiles, including SMAD4 status, in localized esophageal cancer patients treated with trimodality therapy at our institution. Methods: We identified 66 Stage II-III esophageal cancer patients treated with chemoradiation followed by surgery who had some form of tumor mutation profiling available. Only patients with mutation profiling from pre-treatment biopsy or post-chemoradiation surgical specimen (i.e. not from a subsequent metastatic lesion) were included. Twenty-two patients underwent n...