Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) expression in endometrial cancer
- Conditions
- C54Malignant neoplasm of corpus uteri
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025005
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Freiburg Klinik für Frauenheilkunde
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 61
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with histologically verified invasive endometrial carcinoma are included in this study.
Exclusion Criteria
- no declaration of consent
- other oncological disease
- intake of selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERM, for example tamoxifen)
- after ovarian stimulation therapy
- histologically proved sarcoma, neuroendocrine tumour or mixed tumour
- cytostatic or radiotherapy administered before tissue sampling
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Description of the PSMA Expression within the endometrium and endometrial carcinoma on previously removed tissue, using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, as well as proteomic analyses if necessary.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depending on PSMA status (both tumour cells and tumour neovasculature):<br>Survival<br>Disease free survival (dfs).<br>Clinical parameters:<br>Age at time of diagnosis, menopausal status, FIGO stage at time of diagnosis, distant metastasis, body-mass index, use of hormone replacement therapy, family history, Number of births, postoperative radio- or chemotherapy.<br>Histopathological parameters:<br>pTNM stage, histological subtype (endometrioid, mucinous), grading, lymphatic, venous and perineural sheath infiltration, myometrical depth of invasion, three-dimensional tumour size in centimetres, hormone receptor status.