期刊
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
卷 121, 期 2, 页码 328-333出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.01.022
关键词
Leiomyosarcoma; Tumor size; Mitotic index; Immunohistochemistry; Ki67; Bcl-2; CD163 tumor macrophages
资金
- Department of Health, Spain [PI08-0410, RTICC RD06/0020/0015]
Background. Prognostic factors for uterine leiomyosarcomas are not well established. Although most tumors are associated with poor prognosis even when apparently confined to the uterus (stage I), some cases that exhibited morphologic features of malignancy had prolonged survival. Methods. Using tissue microarrays of 84 uterine leiomyosarcomas, we investigated conventional clinicopathologic parameters, including International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage, together with expression of Ki67, p53, p16, and Bcl-2, attempting to distinguish leiomyosarcomas with different prognosis. The rate of CD163 immunoreactive tumor macrophages was also investigated. Results. Tumor size and mitotic index were significant prognostic factors by univariate (p = 0.018 and p = 0.003, respectively) and multivariate (p = 0.006 and p = 0.001) analyses. Of the biomarkers investigated, only Ki67 immunoreaction was significant by univariate analysis and was associated with adverse prognosis (p = 0.01). However, combination of tumor size, mitotic index. Ki67, and Bcl-2 worked even better. Using these 4 parameters, unsupervised hierarchical clustering identified 2 groups of tumors with different prognosis (p = 0.001): group 1 consisted mostly of smaller leiomyosarcomas (< 10 cm) with mitotic index < 20 MF/10 HPF, negative Ki67, and positive or negative Bcl-2 immunostaining. These tumors were associated with better prognosis. In contrast, group 2 leiomyosarcomas which were mostly >= 10 cm in diameter had higher mitotic index (>= 20 MF/10 HPF), and were positive for Ki67 and negative for Bcl-2 had worse prognosis. Also, the number of CD163-macrophages was greater in group 2 than group 1 (p = 0.007). Conclusions. Tumor size and mitotic index are morphologic predictors of malignancy in uterine leiomyosarcomas. Combination of tumor size, mitotic index, Ki67, and Bcl-2 protein expression allows distinguishing 2 groups of leiomyosarcomas with different survival. Leiomyosarcomas associated with poor outcome had a higher number of CD163 stromal macrophages. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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