Incorporation of molecular characteristics into endometrial cancer management

L Vermij, V Smit, R Nout, T Bosse - Histopathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Histopathological evaluation including subtyping and grading is the current cornerstone for
endometrial cancer (EC) classification. This provides clinicians with prognostic information …

Key changes to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of female genital tumours introduced in the 5th edition (2020)

WG McCluggage, N Singh, CB Gilks - Histopathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An updated World Health Organization (WHO) classification of female genital tumours was
published in autumn 2020. We discuss the major new additions to and changes from the …

Cancer of the corpus uteri: 2021 update

M Koskas, F Amant, MR Mirza… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in high‐and middle‐
income countries. Although the overall prognosis is relatively good, high‐grade endometrial …

Molecular classification of the PORTEC-3 trial for high-risk endometrial cancer: impact on prognosis and benefit from adjuvant therapy

A León-Castillo, SM De Boer, ME Powell… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The randomized Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone in
Women With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer (PORTEC-3) trial investigated the benefit of …

Signatures of copy number alterations in human cancer

CD Steele, A Abbasi, SMA Islam, AL Bowes… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Gains and losses of DNA are prevalent in cancer and emerge as a consequence of inter-
related processes of replication stress, mitotic errors, spindle multipolarity and breakage …

Homologous recombination deficiency: concepts, definitions, and assays

MD Stewart, D Merino Vega, RC Arend… - The …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) is a phenotype that is
characterized by the inability of a cell to effectively repair DNA double-strand breaks using …

Endometrial cancer

EJ Crosbie, SJ Kitson, JN McAlpine, A Mukhopadhyay… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer in high income countries
and its incidence is rising globally. Although an ageing population and fewer benign …

Endometrial carcinoma: molecular subtypes, precursors and the role of pathology in early diagnosis

J Huvila, J Pors, EF Thompson… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is classified into a wide range of morphological variants; this list
has expanded over the past decade with the inclusion of mesonephric‐like and …

Molecular classification predicts response to radiotherapy in the randomized PORTEC-1 and PORTEC-2 trials for early-stage endometrioid endometrial cancer

N Horeweg, RA Nout, IM Jürgenliemk-Schulz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The molecular classification of endometrial cancer (EC) has proven to have
prognostic value and is predictive of response to adjuvant chemotherapy. Here, we …

British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS) uterine cancer guidelines: Recommendations for practice

J Morrison, J Balega, L Buckley, A Clamp… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The remit of this guideline is to collate and propose evidence-based guidelines for the
diagnosis and management of uterine cancer. This document covers all uterine cancers of …