TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular bases of endometrial cancer:
T2 - New roles for new actors in the diagnosis and the therapy of the disease
AU - Llauradó, Marta
AU - Ruiz, Anna
AU - Majem, Blanca
AU - Ertekin, Tugce
AU - Colás, Eva
AU - Pedrola, Núria
AU - Devis, Laura
AU - Rigau, Marina
AU - Sequeiros, Tamara
AU - Montes, Melania
AU - Garcia, Marta
AU - Cabrera, Sílvia
AU - Gil-Moreno, Antonio
AU - Xercavins, Jordi
AU - Castellví, Josep
AU - Garcia, Angel
AU - Ramón y Cajal, Santiago
AU - Moreno, Gema
AU - Alameda, Francesc
AU - Vázquez-Levin, Mónica
AU - Palacios, José
AU - Prat, Jaime
AU - Doll, Andreas
AU - Matías-Guiu, Xavier
AU - Abal, Miguel
AU - Reventós, Jaume
N1 - Funding Information:
M.LI. is recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science ( FI07/00423 ) and E.C. from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science ( BES-2006-14152 ). A.R. is a recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Generalitat de Catalunya ( 2006BPB10160 ).
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Lisa Piccione for correction of the manuscript. This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ( SAF 2005-06771 ; SAF 2008-03996 ; SAF 2010-10635-E ; SAF2011-26548 ), AECC Stable Research Groups 2011, CENIT Program ( CENIT/01/2006 ) and RTICC Program ( RTICC RD06/0020/0058 and RD06/0020/1034 ), the Catalan Institute of Health and the Department of Universities and Research, Catalan Government ( 2009SGR00487 , 2005SGR00553 ), the ACCIO Program ( RDITSCON07-1-0001 ), the Foundation La Marato de TV3 ( Grant 050431 ), the IV Grant Fundació Santiago Dexeus Font for Clinical Investigation Projects 2009, the National Programme of Biotecnology ( FIT-010000-2007-26 ), and the European Commission Program Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER).
PY - 2012/7/25
Y1 - 2012/7/25
N2 - Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy in the western world. The majority of these cancers are curable, but a subset about 15-20% of endometrial tumors exhibits an aggressive phenotype. Based on clinic-pathological and molecular characteristics, EC has been classified into two groups: Type I estrogen-dependent adenocarcinomas, which have a good prognosis and an endometrioid histology, and Type II or non-estrogen-dependent EC associated with poor prognosis and non-endometrioid histology. EC develops as a result of a stepwise accumulation of alterations that seem to be specific of each histological type. However, more knowledge is needed to better understand the differences in the biology and the clinical outcome of EC. We would like to highlight the need to explore new potential biomarkers of EC as a tool for the detection and monitoring of aggressive endometrial tumors that, at the same time, will allow us to develop novel and more selective molecular targeted therapies against EC.
AB - Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy in the western world. The majority of these cancers are curable, but a subset about 15-20% of endometrial tumors exhibits an aggressive phenotype. Based on clinic-pathological and molecular characteristics, EC has been classified into two groups: Type I estrogen-dependent adenocarcinomas, which have a good prognosis and an endometrioid histology, and Type II or non-estrogen-dependent EC associated with poor prognosis and non-endometrioid histology. EC develops as a result of a stepwise accumulation of alterations that seem to be specific of each histological type. However, more knowledge is needed to better understand the differences in the biology and the clinical outcome of EC. We would like to highlight the need to explore new potential biomarkers of EC as a tool for the detection and monitoring of aggressive endometrial tumors that, at the same time, will allow us to develop novel and more selective molecular targeted therapies against EC.
KW - Aspirates
KW - Endometrial carcinoma
KW - Mice
KW - Molecular genetics
KW - Target therapy
KW - Treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861527676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mce.2011.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.mce.2011.10.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22037169
AN - SCOPUS:84861527676
SN - 0303-7207
VL - 358
SP - 244
EP - 255
JO - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
IS - 2
ER -