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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 102, 期 1, 页码 144-150出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605449
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small bowel adenocarcinoma; immunohistochemistry; mismatch repair; epidermal growth factor receptor; vascular endothelial growth factor
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- Kavanagh Family Foundation
BACKGROUND: Despite having a dramatically larger surface area than the large intestine, the small intestine is an infrequent site for the development of adenocarcinoma. To better understand the molecular abnormalities in small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA), we characterised a number of candidate oncogenic pathways and the immunophenotype of this rare cancer. METHODS: Tissue microarrays were constructed from tumour samples from 54 patients with all stages of the disease. Immunohistochemistry and microsatellite instability (MSI) testing were conducted. RESULTS: The profile of cytokeratin 20 and 7 coexpression was variable, but expression of caudal type homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) was present in 70% of cases. In this young population (median age 54 years), loss of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins occurred in 35% of patients, with confirmed MSI in 100% of tested cases. Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was common, occurring in 96 and 71% of patients, respectively. Only one case showed HER2 expression and none showed loss of phosphatase and tensin homologue mutated on chromosome 10 (PTEN). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that alterations in DNA MMR pathways are common in SBAs, similar to what is observed in large bowel adenocarcinomas. Furthermore, the high percentage of tumours expressing both EGFR and VEGF suggests that patients with this rare cancer may benefit from therapeutic strategies targeting EGFR and VEGF receptor (VEGFR). British Journal of Cancer (2010) 102, 144-150. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605449 www.bjcancer.com Published online 24 November 2009 (C) 2010 Cancer Research UK
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