2021
A phase II evaluation of pembrolizumab in recurrent microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) endometrial cancer patients with Lynch-like versus MLH-1 methylated characteristics (NCT02899793).
Roque D, Bellone S, Siegel E, Buza N, Bonazzoli E, Guglielmi A, Zammataro L, Nagarkatti N, Zaidi S, Lee J, Schwartz P, Ratner E, Alexandrov L, Iwasaki A, Kong Y, Song E, Dong W, Elvin J, Choi J, Santin A. A phase II evaluation of pembrolizumab in recurrent microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) endometrial cancer patients with Lynch-like versus MLH-1 methylated characteristics (NCT02899793). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 5523-5523. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.5523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObjective response rateImmune checkpoint inhibitorsEndometrial cancer patientsTumor mutational burdenCancer patientsGrade 3/4 treatment-related adverse eventsSolid Tumors version 1.1Treatment-related adverse eventsSporadic tumorsPhase II pilot studyOverall survival proportionPrimary end pointResponse Evaluation CriteriaPhase II evaluationAntigen processing/presentationProcessing/presentationAdverse eventsICI resistancePrognostic significanceMechanisms of resistancePolymerase chain reactionII evaluationClinical studiesMutational burdenPatientsA phase II evaluation of pembrolizumab in recurrent microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) endometrial cancer patients with Lynch-like versus MLH-1 methylated characteristics (NCT02899793)
Bellone S, Roque DM, Siegel ER, Buza N, Hui P, Bonazzoli E, Guglielmi A, Zammataro L, Nagarkatti N, Zaidi S, Lee J, Silasi D, Huang GS, Andikyan V, Damast S, Clark M, Azodi M, Schwartz PE, Tymon-Rosario J, Harold J, Mauricio D, Zeybek B, Menderes G, Altwerger G, Ratner E, Alexandrov LB, Iwasaki A, Kong Y, Song E, Dong W, Elvin J, Choi J, Santin AD. A phase II evaluation of pembrolizumab in recurrent microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) endometrial cancer patients with Lynch-like versus MLH-1 methylated characteristics (NCT02899793). Annals Of Oncology 2021, 32: 1045-1046. PMID: 33932502, PMCID: PMC9465821, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.04.013.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2020
Frequent loss of mutation-specific mismatch repair protein expression in nonneoplastic endometrium of Lynch syndrome patients
Wong S, Hui P, Buza N. Frequent loss of mutation-specific mismatch repair protein expression in nonneoplastic endometrium of Lynch syndrome patients. Modern Pathology 2020, 33: 1172-1181. PMID: 31932681, DOI: 10.1038/s41379-020-0455-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLynch syndrome patientsLynch syndromeMMR protein expressionSporadic endometrial carcinomasSyndrome patientsEndometrial cancerEndometrial glandsEndometrial carcinomaProtein expressionLynch syndrome-associated endometrial cancerGermline mutationsMismatch repair protein expressionMMR protein immunohistochemistryEndometrial cancer patientsNonneoplastic endometriumBenign endometrial tissuesMicrosatellite instability testingMMR protein lossGermline mutation analysisDNA mismatch repair genesRepair protein expressionMismatch repair genesBackground endometriumMMR immunohistochemistryProphylactic hysterectomy