Browsing by Author "Bulutay, Pinar"

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Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix; An Unusual HPV-Independent Tumor: Clinicopathological Features, PD-L1 Expression, and Mismatch Repair Protein Deficiency Status of 16 Cases
(TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2023) Bulutay, Pinar; Eren, Ozgur Can; Ozen, Ozlem; Haberal, Asuman Nihan; Kapucuoglu, Nilgun
Objective: Endocervical clear cell carcinoma (c-CCC) is a rare and HPV-independent adenocarcinoma type of cervix. Being usually resistant to conventional chemotherapy. Immunotherapy has recently been added as a preferred regimen as a second-line treatment option for programed cell death-ligand 1 (PD L1)-positive or mismatch repair (MMR) deficient cervical carcinomas. In this study, clinicopathological features, PD-L1 expression, and MMR deficiency status of c-CCCs were investigated. Materials and Methods: Sixteen c-CCC diagnosed cases were included in this study. PD-L1 expression was evaluated using two different PD-L1 clones (22C3 and SP263). MMR deficiency status of the cases was evaluated using four MMR proteins (MLH1, PMS2, MSH2, and MSH6). Results: Most of the c-CCC cases were presented as FIGO Stage I (68.75%). PD-L1 expression in either tumoral or tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TILs) was present in 62.5% (10/16) and 69% (11/16) of the 22C3 and SP263 clones, respectively. Most of the cases with high TIL density were also positive for PD-L1. The PD-L1 expression rate was less than 50% in most of the cases and 12.5% of the cases shared extensive PD-L1 staining. Overall, MMR deficiency was observed in 31.25% of the cases. Most of the MMR-deficient cases (80%) were PD-L1 positive. Conclusion: Although our study cohort is limited, we have shown that PD-L1 expression and MMR deficiency can be found in c-CCCs in variable degrees. These findings suggest that accompanying TIL density and MMR deficiency could be used as candidates for predicting PD-L1 positivity for c-CCCs. However, to indicate the clinical importance of these findings, objective treatment outcomes of cases treated with immunotherapy should be seen.
Comparison of two intraoperative examination methods for the diagnosis of sentinel lymph node metastasis in clinically early stage endometrial cancer: A Turkish Gynecologic Oncology Group Study (TRSGO-SLN-003)
(2021) Taskin, Salih; Varli, Bulut; Altin, Duygu; Takmaz, Ozguc; Vatanseverc, Dogan; Ersoz, Cevriye Cansiz; Turan, Hasan; Bulutay, Pinar; Zeren, Handan; Havare, Semiha Battal; Karabuk, Emine; Naki, Murat; Gungor, Mete; Kose, Faruk; Ortac, Firat; Arvas, Macit; Ayhan, Ali; Taskiran, Cagatay; 33894621
Objective: This study evaluated diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) frozen section examination and scrape cytology as a possible solution for management of SLN positive patients. Study design: Clinically early-stage endometrial cancer patients who underwent SLN algorithm and intraoperative SLN examination were analyzed. Findings were compared with final pathology results and diagnostic accuracy of frozen section and scrape cytology were evaluated. Results: Of the 208 eligible patients, 100 patients (48 %) had frozen section examination and 108 (52 %) had scrape cytology of the SLN. Intraoperative examination and final pathology were negative for metastasis in 187/208 (90 %) cases. The rest 21 cases had metastatic SLNs according to final pathology. 12 of 21 (57 %) metastases were classified as macrometastasis. Intraoperative examination of SLNs correctly identified 13 cases (true positive) and missed 8 cases (false negative). Five of 8 false negative cases had micrometastasis or isolated tumor cells. Considering identification of macrometastasis, sensitivity and negative predictive value were 85.71 % and 98.94 %, respectively, for the frozen section and 60.00 % and 98.15 %, respectively, for the scrape cytology. Conclusion: Frozen section examination of SLN has higher sensitivity in detecting macrometastasis compared to scrape cytology and it could help the surgeon in decision for further lymphadenectomy intraoperatively. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Reproducibility of Morphologic Parameters of the International Endocervical Adenocarcinoma Criteria and Classification System and Correlation With Clinicopathologic Parameters: A Multi-Institutional Study
(2022) Bulutay, Pinar; Haberal, Nihan; Ozen, Ozlem; Erdem, Ozlem; Zeren, Emine H.; Kulac, Ibrahim; Taskiran, Cagatay; Vatansever, Dogan; Ayhan, Ali; Kapucuoglu, Nilgun; 34856570
Endocervical adenocarcinomas (ECAs) have been recently reclassified according to their morphologic features linked to etiology by the International Endocervical Adenocarcinoma Criteria and Classification (IECC) and this system is adopted by WHO 2020. This classification separates the ECAs as human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated (HPVA) and HPV-independent (HPVI) subtypes. According to WHO 2020, high risk (HR)-HPV association can be histologically recognized by the presence of luminal mitoses and apoptosis. Therefore, investigating the reproducibility of the morphologic criteria of this new classification will be important in observing the recognizability of tumor types. Full slide sets of 94 ECAs were collected from 4 institutions in Turkey and reclassified on the basis of IECC/WHO 2020 criteria and the presence or absence of HR-HPV. HR-HPV presence was confirmed by HPV DNA in situ hybridization, p16 immunohistochemistry and in conflicted cases with real time-polymerase chain reaction. The final diagnoses were given based on the combination of the histologic evaluation and ancillary test results. Our cohort consisted of 73.4% HPVA and 26.6% HPVI cases. According to the WHO 2020 criteria 92.7% of HPVAs and 88% of HPVIs were easily classified. HPV DNA in situ hybridization was positive in 91.3% of the HPVAs and p16 was positive in all HPVAs, and also positive in 8% of the HPVIs. In conclusion, most of the ECAs can be diagnosed by their characteristic morphologic features by the WHO 2020 criteria. However, we want to emphasize that mitosis/apoptosis criteria may not be helpful especially in mucinous ECAs and ancillary tests for HR-HPV should be used in challenging cases.