Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in women with uterine cervix adenocarcinoma from Appalachian Kentucky

Charles A. Kunos, Denise Fabian, Dava W. Piecoro, Dana Napier, Rachel W. Miller, Frederick R. Ueland

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Abstract

Introduction: High-risk human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive adenocarcinomas associate with early recurrence and death, prompting consideration of novel radiotherapeutic options like a trastuzumab-linked thorium-227 alpha-particle emitting radionuclide. Methods: We conducted a retrospective pilot biomarker study of uterine cervix cancers among patients in Appalachian Kentucky, to characterize an exploitable triage biomarker like HER2 expression before starting a prospective phase 0 trial. Results: Most (60%) adenocarcinomas showed HER2 cell-surface overexpression, whereas squamous cell carcinomas (4%) did not do so. Discussion: Further validation tests of HER2 expression as a triage biomarker for radiopharmaceutical selection are warranted.

Original languageEnglish
Article number948348
JournalFrontiers in Oncology
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 24 2023

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Kunos, Fabian, Piecoro, Napier, Miller and Ueland.

Funding

This research was supported by an NCI grant (P30 CA177558) which supports the Biospecimen Procurement & Translational Pathology and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Facilities of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

FundersFunder number
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer InstituteP30 CA177558
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer Institute
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center

    Keywords

    • HER2/neu
    • radiopharmaceutical
    • triage
    • uterine cervical adenocarcinoma
    • uterine cervical cancer

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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