Table 1 Twelve acinar-type carcinomas with BRAF fusions

From: A FISH assay efficiently screens for BRAF gene rearrangements in pancreatic acinar-type neoplasms

Case ID

Primary tumor site

Histologic diagnosis

FISH % of positivity

FISH signal pattern

BRAF fusion (5partner exon-BRAF exon)

Predicted chromosomal rearrangement

pERK IHC

1_4

Pancreas

Pure ACC

99%

F+single 3′ BRAF

GATM1-BRAF (e2-e11)

t(7;15)(q34;q21)

Positive

1_8

Pancreas

Pure ACC

97%

F+single 3′ BRAF

HERPUD1–BRAF (e4-e7)

t(7;16)(q34;q13)

Positive

1_10

Pancreas

Pure ACC

89%

Broken-apart ±F

n/a

n/a

Positive

2_2

Pancreas

Pure ACC

90%

F+single 3′ BRAF

SND1–BRAF (e10–e9)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Positive

2_3

Pancreas

Pure ACC

100%

F+ broken-apart

HERPUD1–BRAF (e6–e7)

t(7;16)(q34;q13)

Positive

1_18

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/NE

95%

F+single 3′ BRAF

ZSCAN30-BRAF (e3–e10)

t(7;19)(q34;q12)

Positive

2_13

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/NE

95%

F+single 3′ BRAF

GIPC2-BRAF (e3–e10)

t(1;7)(p31;q34)

Positive

1_25

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/D

38%

F+ broken-apart

SND1–BRAF (e14–e11)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Positive

1_26

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/D

73%

F+single 3′ BRAF

SND1–BRAF (e10–e11)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Positive

1_28

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/D

68%

F+ broken-apart

SND1–BRAF (e9–e9)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Focal

2_16

Liver

Mixed ACC/D

60%

Broken-apart, no F

SND1–BRAF (e14–e9)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Positive

2_17

Pancreas

Mixed ACC/NE/D

83%

Broken-apart ±F

SND1–BRAF (e9–e9)

inv(7)(q31q34)

Positive

  1. Abbreviations: ACC, acinar cell carcinoma; ACC/NE, acinar cell/neuroendocrine carcinoma; ACC/D, acinar cell/ductal carcinoma; F, fusion signals; IHC, immunohistochemistry.