Black Jonathan D, English Diana P, Roque Dana M, Santin Alessandro D
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Room 305 Laboratory for Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 333 Cedar Street; PO Box 208063, New Haven, CT 06520-8063, USA.
Womens Health (Lond). 2014 Jan;10(1):45-57. doi: 10.2217/whe.13.72.
Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a highly aggressive variant of endometrial cancer. Although it only represents less than 10% of all cases, it accounts for a disproportionate number of deaths from endometrial cancer. Comprehensive surgical staging followed by carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy represents the mainstay of USC therapy. Vaginal cuff brachytherapy is also of potential benefit in USC. Recent whole-exome sequencing studies have demonstrated gain of function of the HER2/NEU gene, as well as driver mutations in the PIK3CA/AKT/mTOR and cyclin E/FBXW7 oncogenic pathways in a large number of USCs. These results emphasize the relevance of these novel therapeutic targets for biologic therapy of chemotherapy-resistant recurrent USC.
子宫浆液性癌(USC)是子宫内膜癌的一种高度侵袭性变体。尽管它仅占所有病例的不到10%,但在子宫内膜癌导致的死亡中却占了相当大的比例。全面的手术分期,随后进行卡铂和紫杉醇化疗是USC治疗的主要手段。阴道残端近距离放射治疗对USC也可能有益。最近的全外显子测序研究表明,在大量的USC中,HER2/NEU基因功能获得,以及PIK3CA/AKT/mTOR和细胞周期蛋白E/FBXW7致癌途径中的驱动突变。这些结果强调了这些新的治疗靶点对于化疗耐药性复发性USC生物治疗的相关性。