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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Leiomyosarcomas are malignant smooth muscle tumors that occur most commonly in the gynecologic tract and soft tissue. There are different diagnostic criteria of malignancy for smooth muscle tumors arising at gynecologic and soft tissue sites and they may be managed differently but determining the primary site of a smooth muscle tumor can be difficult in some cases. In addition, the distinction between malignant and benign gynecologic tract smooth muscle tumors on morphologic grounds can be challenging. Using a series of tissue microarrays that contain 245 cases of leiomyosarcomas (102 gynecologic) with survival data, and 49 cases of uterine leiomyoma, we examined the ability of selected immune-markers (estrogen receptor (ER) and WT1) to distinguish between leiomyosarcomas of gynecologic and nongynecologic origin. In addition, we examined whether immunostains for p16, p53 and Ki-67 could distinguish between malignant and benign gynecologic smooth muscle tumors. ER nuclear positivity was observed in 3 and 50% of the nongynecologic and gynecologic leiomyosarcomas, respectively (P<0.001). Nuclear WT1 positivity was seen in 0 and 8% of the nongynecologic and gynecologic leiomyosarcomas, respectively (P<0.001). 87% of primary gynecologic leiomyosarcomas and 2% of uterine leiomyomas showed diffuse (>or=50% of cells) p16 staining (P<0.001). 23% of gynecologic leiomyosarcomas showed p53 immunopositivity (>or=50% of cells) whereas none of the leiomyomas were positive for p53 (P<0.001). 65% of the gynecologic leiomyosarcomas and 0% of the leiomyomas exhibited >10% Ki-67 proliferation index (P<0.001). Diffuse p16 and p53 immunopositivity and high Ki-67 proliferation index, singly or in combination, yielded an overall sensitivity of 92% and specificity of 98% for distinguishing between gynecologic leiomyosarcomas and leiomyomas and can be used as indicators of malignancy for gynecologic smooth muscle tumors. Although ER positivity can be used to support the gynecologic origin of a leiomyosarcomas, nuclear WT1 immunostaining is of little use.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1530-0285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1519-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Canada, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Europe, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Kaplan-Meier Estimate, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Ki-67 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Leiomyoma, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Leiomyosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Muscle Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Tissue Array Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-United States, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-Uterine Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19734847-WT1 Proteins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A panel of antibodies to determine site of origin and malignancy in smooth muscle tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural