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Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common
gynecologic cancer and the current methods for the prediction
of its prognosis and treatment response are unfortunately
suboptimal. In this study, we evaluated the prognostic value of
p53, Pirh2, and L1CAM in 60 cases of EC using im-
munohistochemistry (IHC) and polymerase chain reaction.
TP53 missense mutations result in nuclear accumulation of p53
protein that can be detected as overexpression by IHC. This is
in the form of diffuse strong nuclear positivity involving at
least at least > 50% of the tumor cells as a whole or if > 50% of
the tumor cells of a discrete geographical areas. Abnormal p53
IHC expression was expressed in 33.3% of the cases and
significantly associated with the tumor grade, myometrial in-
vasion (MI), lymphovascular invasion (LVSI), nodal meta-
stasis, and FIGO stage, and the advanced European Society
for Medical Oncology (ESMO) risk groups (P < 0.001 for
each). High IHC Pirh2 expression was noted in 58.3% of the
cases, and significantly associated with MI, LVSI, nodal
metastasis, FIGO stage, and high-risk group (P < 0.001,
P = 0.011, P = 0.010, P = 0.024, P = 0.005, respectively). There
was a significant upregulation of Pirh2 mRNA expression in
EC specimens as compared with the control adjacent tissues
(P = 0.001). Upregulated Pirh2 mRNA expression had a sig-
nificant association with Pirh2 immunostaining, tumor grade,
tumor stage, MI, lymph node involvement, LVSI, and relapse
(P < 0.001 for each). Positive L1CAM immunoexpression was
noted in 26.7% and was significantly associated with grade,
MI, LVSI, nodal metastasis, FIGO stage, and high-risk
group (P = 0.003, P = 0.023, P = 0.003, P < 0.001, P < 0.001,
P = 0.002, respectively). Analysis of follow-up period revealed
that EC with abnormal p53 IHC expression, high pirh2 and
positive L1CAM expression exhibited a potent relation with
survival (P < 0.001 for each). Mutant p53, high Pirh2, and
L1CAM-positive EC are highly aggressive tumors with
a shortened survival rate, dismal outcome, and high risk of
relapse after the standard protocol of therapy.tumor relapse, shorter overall survival and disease-specific
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