Associations between primary tumor <i>RAS</i>, <i>BRAF</i> and <i>PIK3CA</i> mutation status and metastatic site in patients with chemo-resistant metastatic colorectal cancer ChristensenTroels Dreier PalshofJesper Andreas LarsenFinn Ole PoulsenTim Svenstrup HøgdallEstrid PfeifferPer JensenBenny Vittrup YilmazMette Karen NielsenDorte 2018 <p><b>Background:</b> Several studies have investigated correlations between metastatic pattern and mutation status in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). However, most of the studies were small and heterogeneously designed and further research is needed to confirm previous results. In this study, we investigated the association between <i>RAS</i> (<i>KRAS</i> or <i>NRAS</i>)<i>, BRAF</i>, <i>PIK3CA</i> mutations and metastatic pattern in patients with metastatic (m) CRC.</p> <p><b>Material and methods:</b> This study reviewed Danish biobank and database of patients with mCRC who received cetuximab and irinotecan, independent of <i>RAS</i> mutation status, after fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin and irinotecan treatment failure. The database contained information regarding tumor mutation status of <i>KRAS</i>, <i>NRAS</i>, <i>BRAF</i> and <i>PIK3CA</i> genes.</p> <p><b>Results:</b> Totally, 448 patients were included. On multivariate analyses, <i>RAS</i> mutations were significantly associated with increased odds of having lung metastases at diagnosis of mCRC (odds ratio (OR) = 2.04; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.32–3.17), and <i>PIK3CA</i> mutations with decreased odds of peritoneal metastases at diagnosis of mCRC (OR = 0.10; 95%CI = 0.01–0.79). On multivariate analyses of the hazard of developing metastases at any time during follow-up, <i>RAS</i> mutations were significantly associated with increased hazard of lung (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.34; 95%CI = 1.04–1.72) and ovarian metastases (HR = 3.12; 95%CI = 1.05–9.24), <i>BRAF</i> V600E mutation was associated with increased hazard of skin metastases (HR = 6.82; 95%CI = 1.86–25.02) and <i>PIK3CA</i> mutations with decreased hazard of peritoneal metastases (HR = 0.31; 95%CI = 0.11–0.86).</p> <p><b>Conclusions:</b> This study indicated that in patients with mCRC, <i>RAS</i> mutations are associated with increased risk of lung and ovary metastases. <i>BRAF</i> V600E is associated with increased risk of skin metastases, and <i>PIK3CA</i> mutation with decreased risk of peritoneal metastases.</p>