Actionability Assertions

Gene Condition (MONDO ID) OMIM ID Final Assertion
MET papillary renal cell carcinoma (0017884) 605074 Assertion Pending

Actionability Assertion Rationale

  • This topic was initially scored prior to development of the process for making actionability assertions. The Actionability Working Group decided to defer making an assertion until after the topic could be reviewed through the update process.

Actionability Scores

Outcome / Intervention Pair Severity Likelihood Effectiveness Nature of Intervention Total Score
Morbidity/mortality associated with papillary renal cell carcinoma / Periodic surveillance via renal CT imaging 2 3C 3N 2 10CN
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Domain of Actionability Scoring Metric State of the Knowledgebase
Severity: What is the nature of the threat to health to an individual? 3 = Sudden death as a reasonably possible outcome
2 = Reasonable possibility of death or major morbidity
1 = Modest morbidity
0 = Minimal or no morbidity
N/A
Likelihood: What is the chance that the outcome will occur? 3 = >40% chance
2 = 5%-39% chance
1 = 1%-4% chance
0 = <1% chance
A = Substantial evidence or evidence from a high tier (tier 1)
B = Moderate evidence or evidence from a moderate tier (tier 2)
C = Minimal evidence or evidence from a lower tier (tier 3 or 4)
D = Poor evidence or evidence not provided in the report
N = Evidence based on expert contributions (tier 5)
Effectiveness: What is the effectiveness of a specific intervention in preventing or diminishing the risk of harm? 3 = Highly effective
2 = Moderately effective
1 = Minimally effective
0 = Controversial or unknown effectiveness
IN = Ineffective/No interventiona
A = Substantial evidence or evidence from a high tier (tier 1)
B = Moderate evidence or evidence from a moderate tier (tier 2)
C = Minimal evidence or evidence from a lower tier (tier 3 or 4)
D = Poor evidence or evidence not provided in the report
N = Evidence based on expert contributions (tier 5)
Nature of intervention: How risky, medically burdensome, or intensive is the intervention? 3 = Low risk, or medically acceptable and low intensity
2 = Moderate risk, moderately acceptable or intensive
1 = Greater risk, less acceptable and substantial intensity
0 = High risk, poorly acceptable or intensive
N/A
a Do not score the remaining categories

Prevalence of the Genetic Condition

The incidence of familial papillary renal cell carcinoma (FPRCC) is unknown. However, the annual incidence of all familial renal cell carcinoma (RCC) syndromes is less than 1 in 1,500,000.
View Citations

Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma. Orphanet encyclopedia, ORPHA: 47044., Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Clinical Features (Signs / symptoms)

FPRCC is characterized by a predisposition for developing multiple bilateral papillary RCCs. Patients may develop 1100-3400 microscopic tumors in a single kidney. The types of papillary tumors range from microscopic lesions to clinically symptomatic carcinomas. However, tumors are always type 1 papillary RCC with low nuclear grade. However, some tumors do metastasize.
View Citations

Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma. Orphanet encyclopedia, ORPHA: 47044., Online Medelian Inheritance in Man. (2016) OMIM: 605074, Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Natural History (Important subgroups & survival / recovery)

FPRCC has late onset, typically between ages 50 and 70 years. A study of 10 families with FPRCC reported that the average age of diagnosis of affected individuals in these families was 45, with an estimated mean survival of 7 years following diagnosis. Although 5-year survival rates for patients with RCC have improved in recent years, the outcome for patients with advanced stage disease remains poor.
View Citations

Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma. Orphanet encyclopedia, ORPHA: 47044., Online Medelian Inheritance in Man. (2016) OMIM: 605074, Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Description of sources of evidence:

Tier 1: Evidence from a systematic review or a meta-analysis or clinical practice guideline clearly based on a systematic review.
Tier 2: Evidence from clinical practice guidelines or broad-based expert consensus with non-systematic evidence review.
Tier 3: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with primary literature cited.
Tier 4: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with no citations to primary data sources.
Tier 5: Evidence from a non-systematically identified source.

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal Dominant

Prevalence of Genetic Variants

Unknown

Penetrance (Includes any high-risk racial or ethnic subgroups)

>= 40 %
FPRCC is associated with high penetrance with a 90% likelihood of developing RCC by age 80.
Tier 3 View Citations

Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Description of sources of evidence:

Tier 1: Evidence from a systematic review or a meta-analysis or clinical practice guideline clearly based on a systematic review.
Tier 2: Evidence from clinical practice guidelines or broad-based expert consensus with non-systematic evidence review.
Tier 3: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with primary literature cited.
Tier 4: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with no citations to primary data sources.
Tier 5: Evidence from a non-systematically identified source.

Patient Management

Treatment aims at controlling the risk of advanced disease, including metastasis, while at the same time preserving renal function due to the high likelihood of future de novo RCC. Sporadic and certain types of hereditary RCC usually acquire metastatic potential when their size reaches >3-7 cm. For some forms of hereditary RCC (such as FPRCC, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and Birt-Hogg Dube syndrome), the standard recommendation is the removal of all lesions in the same kidney once a single solid lesion or the largest solid is >3cm (the “3cm rule”), while other hereditary forms (such as hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer and SDH-associated tumors) require more aggressive surgery due to a more aggressive nature with metastatic potential at smaller tumor size.
Tier 5 View Citations

Metwalli AR, et al. (2014) PMID: 25014245

Partial nephrectomy (PN), also known as nephron-sparing surgery is now the standard method of hereditary RCC treatment. Bilateral nephrectomy eliminates the risk of metastasis from RCC but requires renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and kidney transplantation. However, the significant morbidity, mortality, and effects on quality of life, associated with dialysis makes this form of renal replacement therapy a last resort. In addition, options for kidney transplantation in hereditary patients may be limited due to the presence of RCC or other co-morbidities. Evidence for effectiveness of PN compared to bilateral nephrectomy among patients with FPRCC specifically was not available. However, available evidence suggest promising overall survival outcome for the PN intervention in hereditary RCC cases. One study assessed a cohort of 58 patients with hereditary RCC treated with PN for solid tumors greater than 4cm. The cohort which included 41 (71%) patients with von Hippel-Lindau, 10 (17%) patients with Birt-Hogg-Dube, and 7 (11%) with FPRCC. The mean age was 43.7 (range 18–63) and the mean largest tumor size was 5.3 cm (range 4–13). The mean number of resected kidney tumors was 6.4 (range 1–44). Overall survival of the cohort was 93% and metastasis-free survival was 96.5% at the median follow up of 45 months (range 2–163), rates similar to those reported in the literature series for patients undergoing PN for tumors in the sporadic population.
Tier 3 View Citations

Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Surveillance

Imaging is often difficult due to the small size of lesions and their hypovascularity. In this context, CT is the imaging modality of choice for FPRCC patient screening. Surveillance should be started at age 30-35 and/or 10 years before the earlier age or onset of an RCC in the family. The frequency of surveillance can range from every 3-6 months to every 2-3 years depending on the size of the lesions.
Tier 3 View Citations

Verine J, et al. (2010) PMID: 20817385

Description of sources of evidence:

Tier 1: Evidence from a systematic review or a meta-analysis or clinical practice guideline clearly based on a systematic review.
Tier 2: Evidence from clinical practice guidelines or broad-based expert consensus with non-systematic evidence review.
Tier 3: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with primary literature cited.
Tier 4: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with no citations to primary data sources.
Tier 5: Evidence from a non-systematically identified source.

Nature of Intervention

Interventions identified in this report include surveillance with CT scans and treatment with nephron-sparing surgery. Surgical mortality of partial nephrectomy is less than 1% at experienced centers. A study of 50 patients with hereditary RCC who underwent 65 partial nephrectomies indicated the most common complications were pneumothorax (4.2%), renal atrophy (4.6%), prolonged urinal drainage (4.6%), and perinephric abscess (1.5%).
Context: Adult
View Citations

Betti M, Corgna E. (2016) URL: www.startoncology.net., Herring JC, et al. (2001) PMID: 11176466

Chance to Escape Clinical Detection

In a study of 10 families with FPRCC reported that RCC was often detected incidentally in asymptomatic individuals or during screening of asymptomatic members of RCC families.
Context: Adult
Tier 3 View Citations

Online Medelian Inheritance in Man. (2016) OMIM: 605074

Description of sources of evidence:

Tier 1: Evidence from a systematic review or a meta-analysis or clinical practice guideline clearly based on a systematic review.
Tier 2: Evidence from clinical practice guidelines or broad-based expert consensus with non-systematic evidence review.
Tier 3: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with primary literature cited.
Tier 4: Evidence from another source with non-systematic review of evidence with no citations to primary data sources.
Tier 5: Evidence from a non-systematically identified source.
Gene Condition Associations
OMIM Identifier Primary MONDO Identifier Additional MONDO Identifiers
MET 605074 0017884 0003789

References List

Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma. Orphanet encyclopedia, http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=47044

Herring JC, Enquist EG, Chernoff A, Linehan WM, Choyke PL, Walther MM. (2001) Parenchymal sparing surgery in patients with hereditary renal cell carcinoma: 10-year experience. The Journal of urology. 165(3):777-81.

Metwalli AR, Linehan WM. (2014) Nephron-sparing surgery for multifocal and hereditary renal tumors. Current opinion in urology. 24(5):466-73.

RENAL CELL CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, 1; RCCP1. Online Medelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM®. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. MIM: 605074, (2016) World Wide Web URL: http://omim.org/

Verine J, Pluvinage A, Bousquet G, Lehmann-Che J, de Bazelaire C, Soufir N, Mongiat-Artus P. (2010) Hereditary renal cancer syndromes: an update of a systematic review. European urology. 58(5):701-10.

Early Rule-Out Summary

This topic did not pass the early rule out stage due to insufficient evidence for actionability. However, the Actionability Working Group discussed and granted an exception to move this topic forward for a full evidence curation and summary report.

Findings of Early Rule-Out Assessment

  1. Is there a qualifying resource, such as a practice guideline or systematic review, for the genetic condition?
  2. Does the practice guideline or systematic review indicate that the result is actionable in one or more of the following ways?
  3. a. Patient Management

    b. Surveillance or Screening

    c. Circumstances to Avoid

  4. Is it actionable in an undiagnosed adult with the condition?
  5. Is this condition an important health problem?
  6. Is there at least on known pathogenic variant with at least moderate penetrance (≥40%) or moderate relative risk (≥2) in any population?