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Shao Y, Xu R, Shi H, Ye L, Wang H, Lu B. Human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) amplification in uterine serous carcinoma: an analysis of prognosis and immune microenvironment. Virchows Arch 2025; 486:707-719. [PMID: 39073443 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-024-03874-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a biologically aggressive subtype of endometrial cancer. Anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) therapy has demonstrated its promising effects on HER2-positive USC. However, data on prognostic relevance and immune microenvironment are limited in HER2-positive USC. This study aimed to determine the clinicopathologic features, prognosis, and the immune microenvironment trait in HER2 status in USC. We applied immunohistochemistry (IHC), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and multi-color immunofluorescence to investigate HER2 expression and amplification, PD-L1 expression, and tumor infiltration lymphocytes (TIL) in 77 USC (61 pure and 16 mixed-type USC). HER2 IHC 1 + , 2 + , and 3 + were found in 26, 18, and 10 USC, respectively. HER2 staining frequently had an incomplete membrane (basolateral or "U"-shaped) pattern. Twenty-three cases (23/54, 42.6%) showed an intra-tumor heterogeneous staining. HER2 amplification was present in 16/77 (20.8%) USC. HER2 amplification was significantly associated with deep myometrial invasion (> 1/2), and increased intra-epithelial and stromal density of CD20 + or CD8 + TIL (all P < 0.05), but not with USC subtypes (pure versus mixed-type), PD-L1 expression, CD4 + TIL, CD68 + histiocytes, or the CD4 + /CD8 + ratio (p > 0.05). HER2 amplification was associated with poor overall and progression-free survival in USC, but lost the prognostic significance on multivariate analysis. We concluded that HER2 amplified USC had adverse clinical outcomes, but showed the potential active immune microenvironment. Our findings raised the possibility of the combined anti-HER2 and immunotherapy for HER2-positive USC in the future.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Female
- Tumor Microenvironment/immunology
- Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics
- Middle Aged
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Gene Amplification
- Uterine Neoplasms/pathology
- Uterine Neoplasms/immunology
- Uterine Neoplasms/genetics
- Uterine Neoplasms/mortality
- Adult
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/pathology
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/immunology
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/genetics
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/mortality
- Prognosis
- B7-H1 Antigen/analysis
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Immunohistochemistry
- Aged, 80 and over
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Shao
- Department of Surgical Pathology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Surgical Pathology and Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Center for Uterine Cancer Diagnosis & Therapy Research of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Yan M, Yao J, Zhang X, Xu D, Yang C. Machine learning-based model constructed from ultrasound radiomics and clinical features for predicting HER2 status in breast cancer patients with indeterminate (2+) immunohistochemical results. Cancer Med 2024; 13:e6946. [PMID: 38234171 PMCID: PMC10905683 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to predict human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) 2+ status in patients with breast cancer by constructing and validating machine learning models utilizing ultrasound (US) radiomics and clinical features. METHODS We analyzed 203 breast cancer cases immunohistochemically determined as HER2 2+ and used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as the confirmation method. From each case, the study analyzed 840 extracted radiomics features and 11 clinicopathologic features. Cases were randomly split into training (n = 141) and validation sets (n = 62) at a 7:3 ratio. Univariate logistic regression analysis was first performed on the 11 clinicopathologic characteristics. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and decision tree (DT) techniques were employed for post-feature selection. Finally, 19 radiomics features were utilized in logistic regression (LR) and Naive Bayesian (NB) classifiers. Model performance was gauged using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. RESULTS Our models exhibited notable diagnostic efficacy in differentiating HER2-positive from negative breast cancer cases. In the validation sets, the LR model outperformed the NB model with an AUC of 0.860 and accuracy of 83.8% compared to NB's AUC of 0.684 and accuracy of 79.0%. The LR model demonstrated higher sensitivity (92.3% vs. 46.2%) while the NB model had a better specificity (91.8% vs. 63.3%) in the validation set. CONCLUSIONS Machine learning models grounded on radiomics efficiently predicted IHC HER2 2+ status in breast cancer patients, suggesting potential enhancements in clinical decision-making for treatment and management.
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- Meiying Yan
- Department of ultrasound, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of ultrasound, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of ultrasound, the First People's Hospital of Hangzhou Lin'an District, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of ultrasound, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of ultrasound, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Hagemann IS, Bridge JA, Tafe LJ, Hameed MR, Moncur JT, Bellizzi AM, Dolan M, Vasalos P, Kane ME, Souers RJ, Yemelyanova A. Current Laboratory Testing Practices for Assessment of ERBB2/HER2 in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma and Colorectal Carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2023; 147:1148-1157. [PMID: 36538387 PMCID: PMC11062402 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2022-0229-cp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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CONTEXT.— Therapy targeted at human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2; also known as ERBB2) was used initially for breast and gastroesophageal carcinoma and has more recently been adopted for endometrial serous carcinoma (ESC) and colorectal carcinoma (CRC). There is evidence that predictive biomarker testing algorithms for HER2 must be tumor type specific and that an algorithm validated for one tumor type cannot be applied to another. OBJECTIVE.— To describe current laboratory practices for HER2 assessment in ESC and CRC. DESIGN.— We surveyed laboratories participating in the 2021 College of American Pathologists (CAP) HER2 immunohistochemistry proficiency testing program. RESULTS.— The survey was distributed to 1548 laboratories and returned by 1195, of which 83.5% (998) were in the United States. For ESC, 24.0% (287) of laboratories reported performing in-house testing for HER2 by immunohistochemical staining and/or in situ hybridization; of these, 44.3% (127) performed it reflexively on all cases of ESC. The most common criterion for evaluating HER2 was the American Society of Clinical Oncology/CAP 2018 guideline for breast carcinoma (69.0%; 194 of 281), whereas only 16.0% (45) of laboratories used guidelines specific to ESC. For CRC, 20.2% (239 of 1185) of laboratories performed in-house HER2 testing, and 82.0% of these (196) did the test only at the clinician's request. A plurality (49.4%; 115 of 233) used gastroesophageal cancer guidelines when scoring CRC, 30.0% (70) used the CRC scoring system from the HERACLES trial, and 16.3% (38) used the American Society of Clinical Oncology/CAP 2018 guideline for breast carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS.— Laboratories vary in their approach to HER2 testing in ESC and CRC. Most laboratories did not report using tumor type-specific recommendations for HER2 interpretation. The lack of standardization could present a challenge to evidence-based practice when considering targeted therapy for these diseases.
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- Ian S Hagemann
- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (Hagemann)
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- ProPath, Dallas, Texas (Bridge)
- The Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (Bridge)
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- The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Tafe)
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- The Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York (Hameed)
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- The Office of the Director, The Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, Maryland (Moncur)
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- The Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Bellizzi)
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- The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Dolan)
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- The Proficiency Testing Department (Vasalos, Kane), College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois
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- The Proficiency Testing Department (Vasalos, Kane), College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois
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- The Biostatistics Department (Souers), College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois
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- The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York (Yemelyanova)
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The role of HER2 as a therapeutic biomarker in gynaecological malignancy: potential for use beyond uterine serous carcinoma. Pathology 2023; 55:8-18. [PMID: 36503635 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2022.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in carcinomas of the breast, stomach and colon. In 2018, clinical trial data confirmed the prognostic and predictive role of HER2 in uterine serous carcinoma, with a demonstrated survival benefit from combined chemotherapy and anti-HER2 targeted therapy in patients with advanced or recurrent disease. Approximately one-third of uterine serous carcinomas demonstrate HER2 protein overexpression and/or gene amplification and HER2 immunohistochemistry, supplemented by in situ hybridisation in equivocal cases, is fast becoming a reflex ancillary test at time of diagnosis. The potential role of HER2 in gynaecological tumours other than uterine serous carcinoma is yet to be firmly established. With the advent of personalised medicine, routine tumour sequencing and pursuit of targeted therapies, this is a field currently under active investigation. Emerging data suggest triaging endometrial carcinomas for HER2 analysis based on molecular classification may be superior to histotype-based testing, with copy-number high/p53 mutant tumours enriched for HER2 overexpression or amplification. Accordingly, many carcinosarcomas and a subset of clear cell and high-grade endometrioid carcinomas may be eligible for HER2 targeted therapy, although any clinical benefit in this context is currently undefined. For ovarian carcinomas, combined data support the role of HER2 as a prognostic biomarker, however its use as a therapeutic target is yet to be elucidated through clinical trials. In the cervix, reported rates of HER2 overexpression vary and are generally low, and currently there is insufficient evidence to justify routine HER2 testing in this context. Limited data suggest HER2 holds promise as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in vulvar Paget disease. Future clinical trials, with pathologist input to develop and refine site-specific scoring criteria, are required to establish what role HER2 might play more broadly in gynaecological cancer care.
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Quan MY, Huang YX, Wang CY, Zhang Q, Chang C, Zhou SC. Deep learning radiomics model based on breast ultrasound video to predict HER2 expression status. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1144812. [PMID: 37143737 PMCID: PMC10153672 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1144812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Purpose The detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression status is essential to determining the chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer patients and to improving their prognosis. We developed a deep learning radiomics (DLR) model combining time-frequency domain features of ultrasound (US) video of breast lesions with clinical parameters for predicting HER2 expression status. Patients and Methods Data for this research was obtained from 807 breast cancer patients who visited from February 2019 to July 2020. Ultimately, 445 patients were included in the study. Pre-operative breast ultrasound examination videos were collected and split into a training set and a test set. Building a training set of DLR models combining time-frequency domain features and clinical features of ultrasound video of breast lesions based on the training set data to predict HER2 expression status. Test the performance of the model using test set data. The final models integrated with different classifiers are compared, and the best performing model is finally selected. Results The best diagnostic performance in predicting HER2 expression status is provided by an Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost)-based time-frequency domain feature classifier combined with a logistic regression (LR)-based clinical parameter classifier of clinical parameters combined DLR, particularly with a high specificity of 0.917. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the test cohort was 0.810. Conclusion Our study provides a non-invasive imaging biomarker to predict HER2 expression status in breast cancer patients.
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- Meng-Yao Quan
- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of The Smart Medicine and AI-based Radiology Technology (SMART), School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of The Smart Medicine and AI-based Radiology Technology (SMART), School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Shi-Chong Zhou, ; Qi Zhang,
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Shi-Chong Zhou, ; Qi Zhang,
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Li S, Wu J, Huang O, He J, Chen W, Li Y, Chen X, Shen K. Association of Molecular Biomarker Heterogeneity With Treatment Pattern and Disease Outcomes in Multifocal or Multicentric Breast Cancer. Front Oncol 2022; 12:833093. [PMID: 35814416 PMCID: PMC9259989 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.833093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the rates of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and Ki67 heterogeneity in multifocal or multicentric breast cancer (MMBC) and its association with treatment pattern and disease outcomes. Methods MMBC patients with ER, PR, HER2, and Ki67 results for each tumor focus were retrospectively analyzed using Kappa test and categorized into the homogeneous group (Homo group) and the heterogeneous group (Hetero group). Chi-square tests were performed to compare the clinical features and treatment options between the groups. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were estimated from Kaplan–Meier curves and compared between two groups. Results A total of 387 patients were included, and 93 (24.0%) were classified into the Hetero group. Adjuvant endocrine therapy was more frequently assigned for patients in the Hetero group than in the Homo group (84.9% vs. 71.7%, p = 0.046). There was no difference in terms of adjuvant anti-HER2 therapy (28.3% vs. 19.6%, p = 0.196) and chemotherapy (69.9% vs. 69.8%, p = 0.987) usage between the two groups. At a median follow-up of 36 months, DFS rates were 81.2% for the Hetero group and 96.5% for the Homo group (p = 0.041; adjusted HR, 2.95; 95% CI, 1.04–8.37). The estimated 3-year OS rates for the groups were 95.8% and 99.5%, respectively (p = 0.059; adjusted HR, 5.36; 95% CI, 0.97–29.69). Conclusion Heterogeneity of ER, PR, HER2, or Ki67 was present in 24.0% patients with MMBC. Biomarkers heterogeneity influenced adjuvant endocrine therapy usage and was associated with worse disease outcomes, indicating further clinical evaluation.
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- *Correspondence: Xiaosong Chen, ; Kunwei Shen,
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Digital Imaging Correlation of Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization in Breast Carcinoma Cases with HER2 Genetic Heterogeneity. Hum Pathol 2022; 126:129-135. [PMID: 35623464 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Genetic Heterogeneity (GH) is a rare but important event in evaluation of HER2 amplification status. We investigated whether HER2 FISH Genetic Heterogeneity (GH) correlated with increased protein expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or morphologic features using image analyses. Retrospective search of HER2 FISH GH cases 2016-2020 was performed. Cases with both FISH and IHC slides available were considered eligible and were digitally imaged. Additional demographic, histological, and treatment information was compiled from pathology and medical records when available. Overall, 11/15 (73.3%) of the cases had HER2 FISH GH that matched to areas of HER2 over-expression or focally different morphology. Nine cases with areas of gene amplification overlapped with <10% of intense circumferential protein expression ("Mini 3+,"), and one case with focal micropapillary features. Clinical information was available on 6 (40%) patients, all were alive with no evidence of disease (mean follow up 30. 5 months; range 12-65 months). One patient with GH and a lymph node metastasis showed non-amplified population in the nodal tumor. GH when defined as discrete clusters of amplified cells following 2013 ASCO/CAP guidelines, -even when less than 10 % of the tumor cells-frequently has morphologic correlates such as focal intense protein overexpression or micropapillary morphology. Clinical significance of these focal gene amplification and protein over-expression needs to be further investigated.
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Bragina OD, Deyev SM, Chernov VI, Tolmachev VM. The Evolution of Targeted Radionuclide Diagnosis of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Acta Naturae 2022; 14:4-15. [PMID: 35923562 PMCID: PMC9307982 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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This review examines the evolution of the radionuclide diagnosis of HER2-positive breast cancer using various compounds as a targeting module in clinical practice: from full-length antibodies to a new group of small synthetic proteins called alternative scaffold proteins. This topic is of especial relevance today in view of the problems attendant to the detection of breast cancer with HER2/neu overexpression, which, in most cases, introduce errors in the treatment of patients. The results of clinical studies of radiopharmaceuticals based on affibody molecules, ADAPTs, and DARPins for SPECT and PET have demonstrated good tolerability of the compounds, their rapid excretion from the body, and the possibility to differentiate tumor sites depending on the HER2/neu status. This indicates that targeted radionuclide diagnosis holds promise and the need to continue research in this direction.
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- O D Bragina
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences Cancer Research institute, Tomsk, 634009 Russia
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
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- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences Cancer Research institute, Tomsk, 634009 Russia
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
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- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
- Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Buza N. HER2 Testing in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma: Time for Standardized Pathology Practice to Meet the Clinical Demand. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021; 145:687-691. [PMID: 32649220 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0207-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CONTEXT.— Endometrial serous carcinoma is an aggressive subtype of endometrial cancer with the highest rate of recurrence and mortality among all histotypes. A recent clinical trial showed prolonged progression-free survival in advanced-stage and recurrent human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive endometrial serous carcinoma when trastuzumab was added to the standard chemotherapy regimen. This targeted therapeutic approach was recently endorsed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical guidelines. There is a growing interest among clinicians to obtain HER2 testing in endometrial serous carcinoma, and pathologists need to be prepared to recognize the unique characteristics of HER2 protein expression and gene amplification in these tumors and apply specific HER2 scoring criteria. OBJECTIVE.— To provide a historical overview of targeted HER2 therapy in endometrial serous carcinoma and to summarize key findings from recent studies on the specific features of HER2 protein expression and gene amplification relative to other tumor types. Endometrial carcinoma-specific HER2 testing criteria are proposed based on evidence in the existing literature. DATA SOURCES.— Sources comprise review of the literature and personal experience of the author. CONCLUSIONS.— HER2 protein overexpression and/or gene amplification is present in approximately 25% to 30% of endometrial serous carcinomas, providing an opportunity for targeted therapy. Pathologists play a key role in tumor HER2 testing and scoring to ensure appropriate patient selection and successful clinical outcome.
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- Natalia Buza
- From the Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Rottmann D, Assem H, Matsumoto N, Wong S, Hui P, Buza N. Does Specimen Type Have an Impact on HER2 Status in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma? Discordant HER2 Status of Paired Endometrial Biopsy and Hysterectomy Specimens in the Presence of Frequent Intratumoral Heterogeneity. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2021; 40:263-271. [PMID: 32897955 DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0000000000000690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A recent clinical trial showed prolonged progression-free survival in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive advanced stage and recurrent endometrial serous carcinomas when trastuzumab was added to traditional chemotherapy. Approximately one third of these tumors are HER2-positive and have been described to show unique characteristics of HER2 protein expression and gene amplification, including significant intratumoral heterogeneity, in recent studies. However, currently, there are no standard protocols for the selection of optimal specimen type or algorithm for HER2 testing in endometrial serous carcinomas. The current study aimed to evaluate the concordance of HER2 status between endometrial biopsy/curettage and subsequent hysterectomy specimens in endometrial serous carcinoma. A total of 57 patients with endometrial serous carcinoma with available HER2 status were identified during the study period, 14 of which (14/57, 25%) were HER2-positive by immunohistochemistry and/or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). The final study cohort consisted of 40 paired endometrial biopsies/curettings and hysterectomies to include all 14 HER2-positive tumors and 26 selected HER2-negative tumors to represent an equal distribution of HER2 immunohistochemical scores. HER2 FISH was performed on all tumors with an immunohistochemical score of 2+. HER2 immunohistochemical scores, heterogeneity of HER2 expression, FISH results, and the overall HER2 status were compared between the 2 specimen types. HER2 status was successfully assigned in both specimen types in 37 cases, as three specimens showed inadequate FISH signals. Concordant HER2 status was observed in 84% of cases (31/37), with identical HER2 immunohistochemical scores in 65% (26/40) of tumors. Among the 6 tumors with a discordant HER2 status, 2 were HER2 negative in the biopsy and positive in the hysterectomy, and 4 were HER2-positive in the biopsy and negative in the hysterectomy. The false-negative rate would be 15.4% and 26.7% if only the biopsy or only the hysterectomy would be the basis for the result, respectively. Intratumoral heterogeneity of HER2 protein expression was present in 22 tumors (55%), including all cases with a discordant HER2 status. The concordance rate of HER2 status between paired endometrial biopsies/curettings and hysterectomies of endometrial serous carcinoma is lower than the reported rates of breast cancer, and comparable to those of gastric carcinomas. Frequent heterogeneity of HER2 protein expression combined with the possibility of a spatially more heterogenous sampling of endometrial cavity in biopsies and curettings, and the potential differences in specimen handling/fixation between the 2 specimen types may explain our findings. HER2 testing of multiple specimens may help identify a greater proportion of patients eligible for targeted trastuzumab therapy and should be taken into account in future efforts of developing endometrial cancer-specific HER2 testing algorithm.
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- Douglas Rottmann
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Buza N. HER2 Testing and Reporting in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma: Practical Recommendations for HER2 Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization: Proceedings of the ISGyP Companion Society Session at the 2020 USCAP Annual Meeting. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2021; 40:17-23. [PMID: 33290351 DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0000000000000711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Anti-HER2 therapy has recently emerged as an effective targeted treatment approach for patients with advanced stage and recurrent endometrial serous carcinoma, resulting in significantly prolonged progression-free and overall survival when combined with the standard chemotherapy regimen. Consequently, there is an increasing clinical demand in pathology laboratories for HER2 testing of these tumors. This article provides an overview of the unique characteristics of HER2 protein expression and gene amplification in endometrial serous carcinoma and summarizes the HER2 scoring criteria used for patient enrollment in the recent clinical trial. Following the experience of guideline-development in other tumor types, the trial criteria should serve as the basis for future endometrial carcinoma-specific HER2 testing and scoring recommendations, to ensure therapeutic response in new patient cohorts. Thus, based on the clinical trial, the author proposes a specific HER2 testing algorithm for endometrial serous carcinoma to guide the current clinical practice. Future studies are necessary to refine and adjust these criteria to allow for appropriate triaging of patients and maximize the clinical benefit from HER2-targeted therapy.
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- Natalia Buza
- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Bitencourt AGV, Gibbs P, Rossi Saccarelli C, Daimiel I, Lo Gullo R, Fox MJ, Thakur S, Pinker K, Morris EA, Morrow M, Jochelson MS. MRI-based machine learning radiomics can predict HER2 expression level and pathologic response after neoadjuvant therapy in HER2 overexpressing breast cancer. EBioMedicine 2020; 61:103042. [PMID: 33039708 PMCID: PMC7648120 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background To use clinical and MRI radiomic features coupled with machine learning to assess HER2 expression level and predict pathologic response (pCR) in HER2 overexpressing breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Methods This retrospective study included 311 patients. pCR was defined as no residual invasive carcinoma in the breast or axillary lymph nodes (ypT0/isN0). Radiomics/statistical analysis was performed using MATLAB and CERR software. After ROC and correlation analysis, selected radiomics parameters were advanced to machine learning modelling alongside clinical MRI-based parameters (lesion type, multifocality, size, nodal status). For predicting pCR, the data was split into a training and test set (80:20). Findings The overall pCR rate was 60.5% (188/311). The final model to predict HER2 heterogeneity utilised three MRI parameters (two clinical, one radiomic) for a sensitivity of 99.3% (277/279), specificity of 81.3% (26/32), and diagnostic accuracy of 97.4% (303/311). The final model to predict pCR included six MRI parameters (two clinical, four radiomic) for a sensitivity of 86.5% (32/37), specificity of 80.0% (20/25), and diagnostic accuracy of 83.9% (52/62) (test set); these results were independent of age and ER status, and outperformed the best model developed using clinical parameters only (p=0.029, comparison of proportion Chi-squared test). Interpretation The machine learning models, including both clinical and radiomics MRI features, can be used to assess HER2 expression level and can predict pCR after NAC in HER2 overexpressing breast cancer patients. Funding NIH/NCI (P30CA008748), Susan G. Komen Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Spanish Foundation Alfonso Martin Escudero, European School of Radiology.
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- Almir G V Bitencourt
- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Imaging, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Radiology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Division of Molecular and Gender Imaging, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Wang J, Xu B. Targeted therapeutic options and future perspectives for HER2-positive breast cancer. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2019; 4:34. [PMID: 31637013 PMCID: PMC6799843 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-019-0069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Over the past 2 decades, there has been an extraordinary progress in the regimens developed for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. Trastuzumab, pertuzumab, lapatinib, and ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) are commonly recommended anti-HER2 target agents by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This review summarizes the most significant and updated research on clinical scenarios related to HER2-positive breast cancer management in order to revise the guidelines of everyday clinical practices. In this article, we present the data on anti-HER2 clinical research of neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and metastatic studies from the past 2 decades. We also highlight some of the promising strategies that should be critically considered. Lastly, this review lists some of the ongoing clinical trials, findings of which may soon be available.
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- Jiani Wang
- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17, Panjiayuannanli, Chaoyang District, 100021 Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17, Panjiayuannanli, Chaoyang District, 100021 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17, Panjiayuannanli, Chaoyang District, 100021 Beijing, China
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