title: Microsatellite instability in ovarian and other pelvic carcinomas.
abstract: Twenty-six cases of ovarian carcinoma and six cases of other pelvic neoplasms were analyzed for microsatellite instability (MSI) using frozen specimens, fluorescence technology, and four selected markers (D2S123 on chromosome 2, D18S58 on chromosome 18, BAT26 on chromosome 2, and BAT40 on chromosome 1). This procedure also allowed the detection of loss of heterogeneity (LOH) at the four selected loci. One of the cases of ovarian carcinoma exhibited MSI and this was evident at three loci. Of 44 informative loci, 7 exhibited LOH representing 3 cases of ovarian carcinoma, 3 of 4 cases of primary peritoneal carcinoma, and one case of unknown primary. These data support other findings that MSI is not a frequent occurrence in ovarian cancer; however, LOH is a more frequent event and may be a target for the development of diagnostic/prognostic procedures for ovarian and primary peritoneal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: DiCioccio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hohmann
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Piver
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tworek
mesh_terms: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm