Integration of clinical sequencing and immunohistochemistry for the molecular classification of endometrial carcinoma Journal Article


Authors: Rios-Doria, E.; Momeni-Boroujeni, A.; Friedman, C. F.; Selenica, P.; Zhou, Q.; Wu, M.; Marra, A.; Leitao, M. M. Jr; Iasonos, A.; Alektiar, K. M.; Sonoda, Y.; Makker, V.; Jewell, E.; Liu, Y.; Chi, D.; Zamarin, D.; Abu-Rustum, N. R.; Aghajanian, C.; Mueller, J. J.; Ellenson, L. H.; Weigelt, B.
Article Title: Integration of clinical sequencing and immunohistochemistry for the molecular classification of endometrial carcinoma
Abstract: Purpose: Using next generation sequencing (NGS), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) found that endometrial carcinomas (ECs) fall under one of four molecular subtypes, and a POLE mutation status, mismatch repair (MMR) and p53 immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based surrogate has been developed. We sought to retrospectively classify and characterize a large series of unselected ECs that were prospectively subjected to clinical sequencing by utilizing clinical molecular and IHC data. Experimental design: All patients with EC with clinical tumor-normal MSK-IMPACT NGS from 2014 to 2020 (n = 2115) were classified by integrating molecular data (i.e., POLE mutation, TP53 mutation, MSIsensor score) and MMR and p53 IHC results. Survival analysis was performed for primary EC patients with upfront surgery at our institution. Results: Utilizing our integrated approach, significantly more ECs were molecularly classified (1834/2115, 87%) as compared to the surrogate (1387/2115, 66%, p < 0.001), with an almost perfect agreement for classifiable cases (Kappa 0.962, 95% CI 0.949–0.975). Discrepancies were primarily due to TP53 mutations in p53-IHC-normal ECs. Of the 1834 ECs, most were of copy number (CN)-high molecular subtype (40%), followed by CN-low (32%), MSI-high (23%) and POLE (5%). Histologic and genomic variability was present amongst all molecular subtypes. Molecular classification was prognostic in early- and advanced-stage disease, including early-stage endometrioid EC. Conclusions: The integration of clinical NGS and IHC data allows for an algorithmic approach to molecularly classifying newly diagnosed EC, while overcoming issues of IHC-based genetic alteration detection. Such integrated approach will be important moving forward given the prognostic and potentially predictive information afforded by this classification. © 2023 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: immunohistochemistry; adult; cancer survival; controlled study; human tissue; survival analysis; cancer surgery; gene mutation; major clinical study; somatic mutation; mutation; histopathology; cancer patient; cancer staging; endometrium carcinoma; retrospective study; protein p53; genetic susceptibility; endometrial carcinoma; experimental design; molecular classification; cancer prognosis; high throughput sequencing; human; female; article; clinical sequencing
Journal Title: Gynecologic Oncology
Volume: 174
ISSN: 0090-8258
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.  
Date Published: 2023-07-01
Start Page: 262
End Page: 272
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2023.05.059
PUBMED: 37245486
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC10402916
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Notes: Article -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PubMed and PDF -- MSK corresponding author is Britta Weigelt -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Vicky Makker
    263 Makker
  2. Elizabeth Jewell
    131 Jewell
  3. Dennis S Chi
    707 Chi
  4. Kaled M Alektiar
    333 Alektiar
  5. Yukio Sonoda
    472 Sonoda
  6. Mario Leitao
    575 Leitao
  7. Dmitriy Zamarin
    201 Zamarin
  8. Qin Zhou
    253 Zhou
  9. Alexia Elia Iasonos
    362 Iasonos
  10. Britta Weigelt
    632 Weigelt
  11. Jennifer Jean Mueller
    186 Mueller
  12. Claire Frances Friedman
    117 Friedman
  13. Pier Selenica
    189 Selenica
  14. Ying Liu
    105 Liu
  15. Michelle Wu
    24 Wu
  16. Lora Hedrick Ellenson
    108 Ellenson
  17. Antonio Marra
    44 Marra