TY - JOUR
T1 - Uterine leiomyosarcoma management, outcome, and associated molecular biomarkers
T2 - A single institution's experience
AU - Lusby, Kristelle
AU - Savannah, Kari Brewer
AU - Demicco, Elizabeth G.
AU - Zhang, Yiqun
AU - Ghadimi, Markus Ph
AU - Young, Eric D.
AU - Colombo, Chiara
AU - Lam, Ryan
AU - Dogan, Tugce E.
AU - Hornick, Jason L.
AU - Lazar, Alexander J.
AU - Hunt, Kelly K.
AU - Anderson, Matthew L.
AU - Creighton, Chad J.
AU - Lev, Dina
AU - Pollock, Raphael E.
N1 - Funding Information:
FUNDING SUPPORT This manuscript was supported in part by an Amschwand Foundation Seed Grant (to DL), a NIH/NCI 5T32CA009599-21 training grant (supporting KL), a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft training grant (supporting MPHG), and an AIRC fellowship grant (supporting CC).
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Background: Uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) is an aggressive, rapidly progressive tumor lacking clinical and molecular predictors of outcome. Methods: ULMS patients (n = 349) were classified by disease status at presentation to MDACC as having intra-abdominal (n = 157) or distant metastatic disease (n = 192). Patient, tumor, treatment, and outcome variables were retrospectively retrieved. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor and control tissues from these patients (n = 109) were assembled in a tissue microarray and evaluated for hormone receptors and markers of angiogenesis, cell-cycle progression and survival. Patient, tumor, and treatment variables were correlatively analyzed. Results: The 5- and 10-year disease-specific survival (DSS) for the cohort was 42 and 27 %, respectively. Patients with primary intra-abdominal tumors had better outcomes than those with recurrent intraperitoneal tumors. Whites had a more favorable prognosis. In patients with intra-abdominal tumors, only mitotic count >10M/10HPF portended poorer prognosis. Patients with pulmonary metastasis had improved outcomes with "curative" metastasectomy. ULMS samples exhibited loss of ER and PR expression, overexpressed Ki-67, and altered p53, Rb, p16, cytoplasmic β-catenin, EGFR, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, and AXL levels. Metastatic tumors had increased VEGF, Ki-67, and survivin expression versus localized disease. Survivin and β-catenin expression were associated with intraperitoneal recurrence; high bcl-2 expression predicted longer DSS. Conclusions: Analysis of both clinicopathologic factors and immunohistochemical biomarkers in ULMS identified several prognostic clinical and molecular factors, suggesting that further study may lead to improved ULMS understanding and treatment.
AB - Background: Uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) is an aggressive, rapidly progressive tumor lacking clinical and molecular predictors of outcome. Methods: ULMS patients (n = 349) were classified by disease status at presentation to MDACC as having intra-abdominal (n = 157) or distant metastatic disease (n = 192). Patient, tumor, treatment, and outcome variables were retrospectively retrieved. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor and control tissues from these patients (n = 109) were assembled in a tissue microarray and evaluated for hormone receptors and markers of angiogenesis, cell-cycle progression and survival. Patient, tumor, and treatment variables were correlatively analyzed. Results: The 5- and 10-year disease-specific survival (DSS) for the cohort was 42 and 27 %, respectively. Patients with primary intra-abdominal tumors had better outcomes than those with recurrent intraperitoneal tumors. Whites had a more favorable prognosis. In patients with intra-abdominal tumors, only mitotic count >10M/10HPF portended poorer prognosis. Patients with pulmonary metastasis had improved outcomes with "curative" metastasectomy. ULMS samples exhibited loss of ER and PR expression, overexpressed Ki-67, and altered p53, Rb, p16, cytoplasmic β-catenin, EGFR, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, and AXL levels. Metastatic tumors had increased VEGF, Ki-67, and survivin expression versus localized disease. Survivin and β-catenin expression were associated with intraperitoneal recurrence; high bcl-2 expression predicted longer DSS. Conclusions: Analysis of both clinicopathologic factors and immunohistochemical biomarkers in ULMS identified several prognostic clinical and molecular factors, suggesting that further study may lead to improved ULMS understanding and treatment.
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U2 - 10.1245/s10434-012-2834-0
DO - 10.1245/s10434-012-2834-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 23334251
AN - SCOPUS:84878856089
SN - 1068-9265
VL - 20
SP - 2364
EP - 2372
JO - Annals of surgical oncology
JF - Annals of surgical oncology
IS - 7
ER -