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ArticleInternational journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists2026

Clinicopathological and Molecular Characterization of High Grade Endometrial Carcinomas of No Specific Molecular Profile (NSMP) Stratified by ER Status.

Patrick Thaddeus Timmermans, Alicia Leon-Castillo, Claire Kramer, Natalja Ter Haar, Vincentius Smit, Marie Boennelycke, Estrid Hogdall, Claus Hogdall, Carien L Creutzberg, Nanda Horeweg and 2 more

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Article in International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Patrick Thaddeus TimmermansDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden.
Alicia Leon-CastilloDepartment of Pathlogy, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Claire KramerDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden.
Natalja Ter HaarDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden.
Vincentius SmitDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden.
Marie BoennelyckeDepartment of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.
Estrid HogdallDepartment of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev.
Claus HogdallDepartment of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carien L CreutzbergDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Nanda HorewegDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gitte OrtoftDepartment of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tjalling BosseDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden.

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Abstract

This study represents a omprehensive characterization of high-grade endometrial carcinoma (EC) of no specific molecular profile (NSMP) to improve our understanding of their poor clinical outcome. A previously molecularly classified cohort of 412 high-grade EC from the Danish Cancer Registry was extensively reviewed by 2 expert pathologists blinded for associated clinical and molecular data. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed to determine ER, PR, and L1CAM status and a 10% cut-off value was applied for positivity. Shallow whole-genomic sequencing (sWGS) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed to describe the molecular landscape. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and survival difference was tested using the log-rank test. Of the 57 high-grade NSMP tumors, ER negativity was found in 30 (53%). All clear cell NSMP EC (n=12, 21%) were ER negative. L1CAM overexpression was found in 29 high-grade NSMP EC (53%) and showed overlap (n=20, 69%) with ER negativity. A high frequency of copy number (CN) events and fraction genome altered (FGA) was observed, with the median number of CN events clustering by ER status (28 vs. 43, P <0.05). Overall, the cohort showed a 52% (CI: 31.6%, 72.4%) 5-yr overall survival (OS) and 61% (CI: 42.6%, 79.4%) 5-yr disease-specific survival (DSS). No significant additional prognostic refinement was found when stratifying for ER status (5-yr OS: 46% vs. 65%, P =0.068). High-grade NSMP ECs are a heterogenous group of tumors with high prevalence of loss of ER, L1CAM overexpression, and substantial copy number alterations. Within this group, no prognostic effect of ER was identified, providing support for grouping these tumors into one risk group. This work adds to the growing body of evidence that both high-grade and/or loss of ER expression can be used to identify NSMP EC patients with a poor clinical outcome.

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Endometrial NeoplasmsReceptors, EstrogenAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorDenmarkFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunohistochemistryMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1PrognosisReceptors, ProgesteroneBiomarkers, TumorL1CAM protein, humanNeural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneEndometrial cancerEstrogen receptorImmunohistochemistryMolecular classificationNext-generation sequencingNSMP

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