Histologic and Genomic Analysis of Conjunctival SCC in African and American Cohorts Reveal UV Light and HPV Signatures and High Tumor Mutation Burden
Gleber-Netto F, Nagarajan P, Sagiv O, Pickering C, Gross N, Ning J, Yeshi M, Mitku Y, Tetzlaff M, Esmaeli B. Histologic and Genomic Analysis of Conjunctival SCC in African and American Cohorts Reveal UV Light and HPV Signatures and High Tumor Mutation Burden. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2024, 65: 24. PMID: 38597722, PMCID: PMC11008748, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.65.4.24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk human papillomavirusTumor mutational burdenMutational burdenHistological featuresHigh risk human papillomavirus statusConjunctival squamous cell carcinomaHigh tumor mutational burdenDensity of CD8+PD-L1 expressionTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesCD3+ cellsTumors of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaWhole-exome sequencingPotential treatment strategySCC subtypeThicker tumorsPD-L1CD8+Cell carcinomaHuman papillomavirusCutaneous SCCGenomic alterationsCancer Genome AtlasTreatment strategies