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ArticleModern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2026

Subclonal Complete Loss of CDKN1B as a Common Genomic Alteration in Prostate Cancer: Associations With Race and Prostate Cancer Outcomes.

Karen S Sfanos, Rebecca Morton, Julia N Flores, Rebecca Y Sosa, Sarah E Ernst, Luke Mummert, Jessica Hicks, Tamara L Lotan, Jiayun Lu, Yuezhou Jing and 3 more

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Karen S SfanosDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Brady Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: ksfanos@jhmi.edu.
Rebecca MortonDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Julia N FloresDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Rebecca Y SosaDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sarah E ErnstDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Luke MummertDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jessica HicksDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Tamara L LotanDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Brady Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jiayun LuSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Yuezhou JingBrady Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
James R EshlemanDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Corrine E JoshuDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Angelo M De MarzoDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Brady Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Subclonal p27 Loss and Altered Tumor Immune Microenvironment as a Driver of Fatal Prostate CancerR01CA288760 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Karen Sandell Sfanos · 2025 to 2026
$710k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA288760
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Abstract

Homozygous biallelic inactivation of CDKN1B is thought to be rare in cancer, including prostate cancer. In the present study, we report that the prevalence of subclonal genomic loss of CDKN1B, especially among self-reported African-American or Black (AA) individuals, has likely been underestimated in primary prostate cancer. Using immunohistochemistry (IHC) for p27 protein and a large cohort of whole tissue sections from radical prostatectomy (N = 412) from AA and European American (EA) individuals, we discovered an unexpectedly high frequency of regions of intratumoral complete p27 protein loss (IPPL) within larger tumor nodules that otherwise showed intact p27 staining that was more prevalent among prostate cancer in AA individuals (18.1%) than EA individuals (12.2%). Regions of IPPL were tightly associated with loss of CDKN1B messenger RNA by in situ hybridization. Furthermore, these focal regions of IPPL were closely linked to CDKN1B genomic loss as detected by next-generation sequencing panel sequencing of laser-captured regions. The detection of IPPL by IHC was associated with ≥pT3 pathologic stage (extraprostatic extension and seminal vesicle involvement) and pN1 (local lymph node involvement) disease; however, when stratified by race, these associations were only significant among AA participants. IPPL was further associated in both univariate and multivariate analyses with the development of biochemical recurrence and metastasis after primary treatment, specifically in AA individuals. The prevalence of p27 genomic alterations in metastatic disease is higher than that of primary prostate cancer in publicly available data sets as well as in our analysis of autopsy specimens via IHC. Overall, subclonal biallelic loss of CDKN1B resulting in complete p27 protein loss is one of the most commonly occurring biallelic tumor suppressor genomic alterations in primary prostate cancer and could contribute to worse prostate cancer outcomes, specifically in AA individuals. Our findings warrant further exploration into the clinical utility of using IHC for p27 loss as a prognostic biomarker.

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biochemical recurrenceCDKN1B cancer disparitiesmetastasesp27prostate cancer

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PMID42586241
PMCPMC13560498

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