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Perrone AM, Girolimetti G, Procaccini M, Marchio L, Livi A, Borghese G, Porcelli AM, De Iaco P, Gasparre G. Potential for Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing in the Differential Diagnosis of Gynaecological Malignancies. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19072048. [PMID: 30011887 PMCID: PMC6073261 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19072048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In the event of multiple synchronous gynecological lesions, a fundamental piece of information to determine patient management, prognosis, and therapeutic regimen choice is whether the simultaneous malignancies arise independently or as a result of metastatic dissemination. An example of synchronous primary tumors of the female genital tract most frequently described are ovarian and endometrial cancers. Surgical findings and histopathological examination aimed at resolving this conundrum may be aided by molecular analyses, although they are too often inconclusive. High mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variability and its propensity to accumulate mutations has been proposed by our group as a tool to define clonality. We showed mtDNA sequencing to be informative in synchronous primary ovarian and endometrial cancer, detecting tumor-specific mutations in both lesions, ruling out independence of the two neoplasms, and indicating clonality. Furthermore, we tested this method in another frequent simultaneously detected gynecological lesion type, borderline ovarian cancer and their peritoneal implants, which may be monoclonal extra-ovarian metastases or polyclonal independent masses. The purpose of this review is to provide an update on the potential use of mtDNA sequencing in distinguishing independent and metastatic lesions in gynecological cancers, and to compare the efficiency of molecular analyses currently in use with this novel method.
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- Anna Myriam Perrone
- Unit of Oncologic Gynecology, Sant Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 13, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant Orsola Hospital, Pav.11, via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Oncologic Gynecology, Sant Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 13, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant Orsola Hospital, Pav.11, via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Oncologic Gynecology, Sant Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 13, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Oncologic Gynecology, Sant Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 13, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FABIT), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Oncologic Gynecology, Sant Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, via Massarenti 13, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant Orsola Hospital, Pav.11, via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Ramus SJ, Elmasry K, Luo Z, Gammerman A, Lu K, Ayhan A, Singh N, McCluggage WG, Jacobs IJ, Whittaker JC, Gayther SA. Predicting Clinical Outcome in Patients Diagnosed with Synchronous Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5840-8. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Purpose: Patients with synchronous ovarian and endometrial cancers may represent cases of a single primary tumor with metastasis (SPM) or dual primary tumors (DP). The diagnosis given will influence the patient's treatment and prognosis. Currently, a diagnosis of SPM or DP is made using histologic criteria, which are frequently unable to make a definitive diagnosis.
Experimental Design: In this study, we used genetic profiling to make a genetic diagnosis of SPM or DP in 90 patients with synchronous ovarian/endometrial cancers. We compared genetic diagnoses in these patients with the original histologic diagnoses and evaluated the clinical outcome in this series of patients based on their diagnoses.
Results: Combining genetic and histologic approaches, we were able make a diagnosis in 88 of 90 cases, whereas histology alone was able to make a diagnosis in only 64 cases. Patients diagnosed with SPM had a significantly worse survival than patients with DP (P = 0.002). Patients in which both tumors were of endometrioid histology survived longer than patients of other histologic subtypes (P = 0.025), and patients diagnosed with SPM had a worse survival if the mode of spread was from ovary to endometrium rather than from endometrium to ovary (P = 0.019).
Conclusions: Genetic analysis may represent a powerful tool for use in clinical practice for distinguishing between SPM and DP in patients with synchronous ovarian/endometrial cancer and predicting disease outcome. The data also suggest a hitherto uncharacterized level of heterogeneity in these cases, which, if accurately defined, could lead to improved treatment and survival.
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- Susan J. Ramus
- 1Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratory, University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London
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- 1Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratory, University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London
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- 2Department Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London
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- 2Department Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London
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- 5M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- 6Department Pathology, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan; and
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- 3Department Pathology, St. Bartholomew's and The Royal London
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- 1Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratory, University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London
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- 4London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- 1Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratory, University College London Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London
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Zhang WK, Zhang C, Zhang JJ, Liu SV. Occurrence of cancer at multiple sites: towards distinguishing multigenesis from metastasis. Biol Direct 2008; 3:14. [PMID: 18405362 PMCID: PMC2373780 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Occurrence of tumors at multiple sites is a hallmark of malignant cancers and contributes to the high mortality of cancers. The formation of multi-site cancers (MSCs) has conventionally been regarded as a result of hematogenous metastasis. However, some MSCs may appear as unusual in the sense of vascular dissemination pattern and therefore be explained by alternative metastasis models or even by non-metastatic independent formation mechanisms. Results Through literature review and incorporation of recent advance in understanding aging and development, we identified two alternative mechanisms for the independent formation of MSCs: 1) formation of separate tumors from cancer-initiating cells (CICs) mutated at an early stage of development and then diverging as to their physical locations upon further development, 2) formation of separate tumors from different CICs that contain mutations in some convergent ways. Either of these processes does not require long-distance migration and/or vascular dissemination of cancer cells from a primary site to a secondary site. Thus, we classify the formation of these MSCs from indigenous CICs (iCICs) into a new mechanistic category of tumor formation – multigenesis. Conclusion A multigenesis view on multi-site cancer (MSCs) may offer explanations for some "unusual metastasis" and has important implications for designing expanded strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Carlo C. Maley nominated by Laura F. Landweber and Razvan T. Radulescu nominated by David R. Kaplan. For the full reviews, please go to the Reviewers' comments section.
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- Wei-Kang Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong Science and Technology University, Wuhan, China.
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Blokx WAM, Ruiter DJ, Verdijk MAJ, de Wilde PCM, Willems RW, de Jong EMGJ, Ligtenberg MJL. INK4-ARF and p53 mutations in metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: case report and archival study on the use of Ink4a-ARF and p53 mutation analysis in identification of the corresponding primary tumor. Am J Surg Pathol 2005; 29:125-30. [PMID: 15613867 DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000146003.00727.7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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So far, histopathologic, immunohistochemical and molecular properties of metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (CSCCs) are relatively unexplored. In patients with multiple CSCCs, as for instance renal transplant recipients (RTRs), it might prove difficult to identify the primary tumor responsible for metastasis. We report a case of an RTR with multiple CSCCs, one of which metastasized. By using p53 and INK4a-ARF mutation analysis, we identified the responsible primary tumor due to an identical mutation in exon 2 of the INK4a-ARF locus. Archival study yielded 14 cases of metastatic CSCC (present case included). In only 8 of 14 metastases, DNA quality was sufficient to perform PCR reactions. In 7 of 8 metastases, either an INK4a-ARF (6 of 8 cases) and/or p53 (3 of 8 cases) mutation was present. In 6 of 7 cases, the corresponding primary could be identified by an identical mutation in p53 and/or INK4a-ARF. In conclusion, molecular analysis using a combination of p53 and INK4a-ARF mutation analysis can identify the corresponding primary skin tumor in case of CSCC metastases in the majority of cases. This is facilitated by the high frequency of these mutations in metastatic CSCC when compared with frequency spectra reported in the literature in primary CSCCs. The major limitation was formed by insufficient DNA quality in archival tissue.
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- Willeke A M Blokx
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Wang M, Murphy KM, Kulesza P, Hatanpaa KJ, Olivi A, Tufaro A, Erozan Y, Westra WH, Burger PC, Berg KD. Molecular diagnosis of metastasizing oligodendroglioma: a case report. J Mol Diagn 2004; 6:52-7. [PMID: 14736827 PMCID: PMC1867467 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60491-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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We report the case of a suspicious parotid mass in which molecular determination of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome arms 1p and 19q in combination with cytologic and immunohistochemical analysis defined the tumor to be metastatic oligodendroglioma. The patient was a 41-year-old woman who developed a World Health Organization grade II oligodendroglioma in her right frontal lobe at age 32, for which no adjuvant chemo- or radiotherapy was administered. Five years following this diagnosis, radiological assessment revealed a 10-centimeter mass in the tumor bed, suspicious for a recurrence. Resection of this lesion revealed an anaplastic oligodendroglioma (grade III) and adjuvant radiotherapy was given. Eleven months after this surgery the patient presented with a 5.5-cm subcutaneous, non-mobile, non-tender mass in the region of the right parotid gland. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) yielded highly cellular material, morphologically and immunohistochemically suspicious for oligodendroglioma. Molecular analysis of microsatellite loci residing on chromosome arms 1p and 19q was performed using DNA extracted from the patient's recurrent brain oligodendroglioma and the FNA specimen. This analysis revealed evidence of LOH at all eight of the microsatellite loci tested. The combination of cytologic and molecular findings defined the extracranial tumor to be metastatic oligodendroglioma.
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- Min Wang
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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Brinkmann D, Ryan A, Ayhan A, McCluggage WG, Feakins R, Santibanez-Koref MF, Mein CA, Gayther SA, Jacobs IJ. A Molecular Genetic and Statistical Approach for the Diagnosis of Dual-Site Cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2004; 96:1441-6. [PMID: 15467033 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Concurrent tumors can be synchronous, independently derived, non-metastatic tumors or metastatic tumors. The prognosis and clinical management of patients with these different concurrent tumor types are different. METHODS DNA from normal and tumor tissues of 62 patients with synchronous endometrial and ovarian, bilateral ovarian, or endometrial and bilateral ovarian tumors was analyzed for loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability using eight polymorphic microsatellite markers at loci frequently deleted in ovarian and/or endometrial cancers. A statistical algorithm was designed to assess the clonal relationship between the tumors. RESULTS The original histopathology reports classified 26 (42%) case patients with single primary tumors and related metastatic lesions and 21 (34%) with independent primary tumors; 15 (24%) were unclassified. Genetic data identified 35 (56%) case patients with single primary tumors and related metastatic lesions, 18 (29%) with independent primary tumors, and nine (15%) that could not be typed. Excluding case patients with histopathology reports for which a clonal relationship was uncertain or was not reported, there was 53% concordance between genetic and histopathology diagnoses. Increasing the stringency of the statistical analysis increased the number of uncertain diagnoses but did not affect the proportion of discordant genetic and histologic diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS We have developed a rapid and robust combined genetic and statistical method to establish whether multiple tumors from the same patient represent distinct primary tumors or whether they are clonally related and therefore metastatic. For the majority of case patients, histopathology reports and genetic analyses were in agreement and diagnostic confidence was improved. Importantly, in approximately one-fourth of all case patients, genetic and histopathologic analyses suggested alternative diagnoses. The results suggest that genetic analysis has implications for clinical management and can be performed rapidly as a diagnostic test with paraffin-embedded tissues.
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MESH Headings
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Carcinoma/diagnosis
- Carcinoma/genetics
- Chromosomal Instability
- Clone Cells/pathology
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Endometrial Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Endometrial Neoplasms/genetics
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Models, Statistical
- Molecular Biology
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/therapy
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Prognosis
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Affiliation(s)
- Dirk Brinkmann
- Gynaecology Cancer Research Unit, St. Bartholomew's and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK
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