title: Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in endometrial cancer patients.
abstract: Endometrial cancer is the second most common cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). It has often been overlooked to explore the possibility of HNPCC in endometrial cancer patients. Our study was to investigate how many HNPCC patients existed among endometrial cancer patients. Among patients who underwent hysterectomy for endometrial cancer at Seoul National University Hospital from 1996 to 2004, 113 patients were included, whose family history and clinical data could be obtained and tumor specimens were available for microsatellite instability (MSI) testing and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 proteins. There were 4 (3.5%) clinical HNPCC patients fulfilling the Amsterdam criteria II, and 2 (2/4, 50%) of them carried MSH2 germline mutations. There were also 8 (7.1%) suspected HNPCC (s-HNPCC) patients fulfilling the revised criteria for s-HNPCC, and one (1/8, 12.5%) of them revealed MLH1 germline mutation. In 101 patients, who were not clinical HNPCC or s-HNPCC, 11 patients showed both MSI-high and loss of expression of MLH1, MSH2 or MSH6 proteins, and 2 (2/11, 18.2%) of them showed MSH6 germline mutations. In 113 patients with endometrial cancer, we could find 5 (4.4%) HNPCC patients with MMR germline mutation and 2 (1.8%) clinical HNPCC patients without identified MMR gene mutation. Family history was critical in detecting 3 HNPCC patients with MMR germline mutation, and MSI testing with IHC staining for MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 proteins was needed in the diagnosis of 2 HNPCC patients who were not clinical HNPCC or s-HNPCC, especially for MSH6 germline mutation.
authors.affiliation: Korean Hereditary Tumor Registry, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Nam
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Ja-Lok
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Young-Kyoung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Eun-Ja
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Hyoung-Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Duck-Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Woo Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Taek Sang
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Weon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Noh-Hyun
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Sang
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Soon-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyo-Pyo
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Jae-Gahb
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053842:Microsatellite Instability; D008875:Middle Aged; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D046888:Tissue Array Analysis
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C094443:G-T mismatch-binding protein; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C497172:MSH2 protein, human; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein