MicroRNA Signatures Discriminate Between Uterine and Ovarian Serous Carcinomas

Synchronous endometrial and ovarian malignancies occur in 5% of women presenting with endometrial cancer and 10% of patients presenting with ovarian malignancy. When a high-grade serous carcinoma concurrently involves both ovary and endometrium, pathological determination of whether they are synchronous primaries or metastatic tumors from one primary site can be challenging. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are 22-nucleotide noncoding RNAs that are aberrantly expressed in cancer cells and may inherit their cellular linage characteristics.

Source: Human Pathology - March 5, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Pei Hui, Stefan M. Gysler, Mohamed Uduman, Taiwo A. Togun, Daniel E. Prado, Christine E. Richter, Sunitha Nallur, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Alessandro D. Santin, Joanne B. Weidhaas, Elena S. Ratner Tags: Original contribution Source Type: research