1. Genomic alterations in ovarian endometriosis and subsequently diagnosed ovarian carcinoma
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Linder, A., Westbom-Fremer, S., Mateoiu, C., Olsson Widjaja, A., Österlund, T., Veerla, S., Ståhlberg, A., Ulfenborg, Benjamin, Hedenfalk, I., Sundfeldt, K., Linder, A., Westbom-Fremer, S., Mateoiu, C., Olsson Widjaja, A., Österlund, T., Veerla, S., Ståhlberg, A., Ulfenborg, Benjamin, Hedenfalk, I., and Sundfeldt, K.
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STUDY QUESTION: Can the alleged association between ovarian endometriosis and ovarian carcinoma be substantiated by genetic analysis of endometriosis diagnosed prior to the onset of the carcinoma? SUMMARY ANSWER: The data suggest that ovarian carcinoma does not originate from ovarian endometriosis with a cancer-like genetic profile; however, a common precursor is probable. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Endometriosis has been implicated as a precursor of ovarian carcinoma based on epidemiologic studies and the discovery of common driver mutations in synchronous disease at the time of surgery. Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma and clear cell ovarian carcinoma are the most common endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinomas (EAOCs). STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: The pathology biobanks of two university hospitals in Sweden were scrutinized to identify women with surgically removed endometrioma who subsequently developed ovarian carcinoma (1998-2016). Only 45 archival cases with EAOC and previous endometriosis were identified and after a careful pathology review, 25 cases were excluded due to reclassification into non-EAOC (n = 9) or because ovarian endometriosis could not be confirmed (n = 16). Further cases were excluded due to insufficient endometriosis tissue or poor DNA quality in either the endometriosis, carcinoma, or normal tissue (n = 9). Finally 11 cases had satisfactory DNA from all three locations and were eligible for further analysis. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: Epithelial cells were collected from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sections by laser capture microdissection (endometrioma n = 11) or macrodissection (carcinoma n = 11) and DNA was extracted. Normal tissue from FFPE sections (n = 5) or blood samples collected at cancer diagnosis (n = 6) were used as the germline controls for each included patient. Whole-exome sequencing was performed (n = 33 samples). Somatic variants (single-nucleotide variants, indels, and copy number alterations), CC BY-NC 4.0 DeedPublished: 09 March 2024Correspondence address: Karin Sundfeldt, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academyat University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: karin.sundfeldt@gu.se (K.S.) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-3132;Division of Oncology,Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-223 81 Lund, Sweden. E-mail: ingrid.hedenfalk@med.lu.se (I.H.) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-3The present work has been funded by the Sjöberg Foundation (2021-01145 to K.S.; 2022-01-11:4 to A.S.), Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF-agreement (965552 to K.S.; 40615 to I.H.; 965065 to A.S.), Swedish Cancer Society (21-1848 to K.S.; 21-1684 to I.H.; 22-2080 to A.S.), BioCARE—a strategic research area at Lund University (I.H. and S.W.-F.), Mrs Berta Kamprad’s Cancer Foundation (FBKS-2019-28, I.H.), Cancer and Allergy Foundation (10381, I.H.), Region Västra Götaland (A.S.), Sweden’s Innovation Agency (2020-04141, A.S.), Swedish Research Council (2021- 01008, A.S.), Roche in collaboration with the Swedish Society of Gynecological Oncology (S.W.-F.), Assar Gabrielsson Foundation (FB19-86, C.M.), and the Lena Wäpplings Foundation (C.M.).
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