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2005:
Irving Julie A; Catasús Lluis; Gallardo Alberto; Bussaglia Elena; Romero Marisa; Matias-Guiu Xavier; Prat Jaime
Synchronous endometrioid carcinomas of the uterine corpus and ovary: alterations in the beta-catenin (CTNNB1) pathway are associated with independent primary tumors and favorable prognosis.
Human pathology 2005;
36(
6):.
Diagnosis of synchronous endometrioid carcinomas of the uterine corpus and ovary as either separate independent primary or as metastatic tumors requires careful consideration of a number of gross and histological features. Although such assessment is often sufficient, recent evidence has suggested that molecular analysis may facilitate the diagnosis in problematic cases. Furthermore, as independent synchronous tumors limited to the uterus and ovary are generally associated with favorable outcome, determination of genetic alterations associated with this group of neoplasms may indicate molecular markers of less aggressive behavior. We examined 12 cases of synchronous carcinomas of the uterus and ovary, correlating conventional gross and histological parameters with molecular genetic alterations common to single endometrioid carcinomas occurring in these sites. We identified a frequency of molecular alterations in both independent and metastatic tumors, including microsatellite instability (uterine tumors, 50% and 67%, respectively; ovarian tumors, 33% and 67%) and PTEN mutations (uterine tumors, 38% and 100%; ovarian tumors, 33% and 83%) that is higher than that observed in single sporadic tumors. Loss of heterozygosity for chromosome 17p and 10q was also frequently observed. Nuclear immunoreactivities for beta -catenin and CTNNB1 mutations were restricted to independent uterine and ovarian tumors and were absent in all of the metastatic tumors, providing direct evidence for a divergence of molecular oncogenetic mechanisms in the subset of synchronous endometrioid carcinomas. Furthermore, our data show that molecular genetic classification of synchronous independent versus metastatic tumors based on beta -catenin expression/mutation correlates with clinical outcome.
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