Molecular testing in endometrial carcinoma (Joint recommendation of Czech Oncological Society, Oncogynecological Section of the Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, Society of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, and the Society of Czech Pathologists)

Cesk Patol. 2021 Summer;57(3):181-187.

Abstract

Molecular classification of endometrial carcinoma is becoming an important part of the diagnostic process with direct therapeutic implications. Recent international guidelines, including the joint ESGO-ESTRO-ESP recommendation, include the molecular classification into standard diagnostic algorithms. Molecular testing of endometrial carcinomas is also recommended in the latest (5th) edition of the WHO classification of Female Genital Tumors. Due to the need to implement these recommendations in practice, representatives of four professional societies of Czech Medical Association of J. E. Purkyně (Czech Oncological Society, Oncogynecological Section of the Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, Society of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, and the Society of Czech Pathologists) organized a meeting focused on this topic. The result of this meeting is a joint recommendation for molecular testing of endometrial carcinoma in routine diagnostic practice in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: Endometrial carcinoma; FIELD; endometrial cancer; mismatch repair system –p53; molecular testing; p53.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Biology
  • Czech Republic
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Pathologists
  • Physics
  • Radiation Oncology*