High Frequency Microsatellite Instability Has a Prognostic Value in Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, But Only in FIGO Stage 1 Cases

Anita Steinbakk; Anais Malpica; Aida Slewa; Einar Gudlaugsson; Emiel A. M. Janssen; Mark Arends; Arnold Jan Kruse; Yu Yinhua; Weiwei Feng; Jan P. Baak

doi:10.3233/ACP-CLO-2010-0550

Analytical Cellular Pathology (Jan 2010)

High Frequency Microsatellite Instability Has a Prognostic Value in Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, But Only in FIGO Stage 1 Cases

Anita Steinbakk,
Anais Malpica,
Aida Slewa,
Einar Gudlaugsson,
Emiel A. M. Janssen,
Mark Arends,
Arnold Jan Kruse,
Yu Yinhua,
Weiwei Feng,
Jan P. Baak

Affiliations

Anita Steinbakk: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Anais Malpica: Departments of Pathology and Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Aida Slewa: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Einar Gudlaugsson: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Emiel A. M. Janssen: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Mark Arends: Department of Pathology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Arnold Jan Kruse: Department of Gynecology, Academic Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Yu Yinhua: Department of Experimental Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Weiwei Feng: Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Jan P. Baak: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/ACP-CLO-2010-0550
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 5-6
pp. 245 – 255

Abstract

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Objectives: To analyze the prognostic value of microsatellite instability (MSI) in a population-based study of FIGO stage 1–4 endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinomas.

Published in Analytical Cellular Pathology

ISSN: 2210-7177 (Print); 2210-7185 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; Science: Biology (General): Cytology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/acp/

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