Renal tumors: Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers

Puay Hoon Tan, Liang Cheng, Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, Maria J. Merino, Georges J Netto, Victor E. Reuter, Steven S. Shen, David J. Grignon, Rodolfo Montironi, Lars Egevad, John R. Srigley, Brett Delahunt, Holger Moch, Anila Abraham, Adebowale Adeniran, Khalid Ahmed, Hikmat Al Ahmadie, Ferran Algaba, Robert Allan, Mahul AminPedram Argani, Ulrika Axcrona, Marc Barry, Dilek Baydar, Louis Bégin, Dan Berney, Peter Bethwaite, Athanase Billis, Ruth Birbe, Stephen Bonsib, David Bostwick, Fadi Brimo, Helen Cathro, Ying Bei Chen, John Cheville, Yong Mee Cho, Ai Ying Chuang, Cynthia Cohen, Henry Crist, Warick Delprado, Fang Ming Deng, Jonathan Epstein, Andrew Evans, Oluwole Fadare, Daniel Fajardo, Sara Falzarano, Samson Fine, Stewart Fleming, Eddie Fridman, Bungo Furusato, Masoud Ganji, Masoumeh Ghayouri, Giovanna Giannico, Neriman Gokden, David Griffiths, Nilesh Gupta, Omar Hameed, Ondrej Hes, Michelle Hirsch, Jiaoti Huang, Wei Huang, Christina Hulsbergen Van De Kaa, Peter Humphrey, Sundus Hussein, Kenneth Iczkowski, Rafael Jimenez, Edward Jones, Laura Irene Jufe, James Kench, Masatoshi Kida, Glen Kristiansen, Lakshmi Priya Kunju, Zhaoli Lane, Mathieu Latour, Claudio Lewin, Kathrine Lie, Josep Lloreta, Barbara Loftus, Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Fiona Maclean, Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, Guido Martignoni, Teresa McHale, Jesse McKenney, Rose Miller, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Hedwig Murphy, John Nacey, Tipu Nazeer, Gabriella Nesi, Peter Nichols, Marie O'Donnell, Semra Olgac, Roberto Orozco, Adeboye Osunkoya, Aysim Ozagari, Chin Chen Pan, Anil Parwani, Joanna Perry-Keene, Constantina Petraki, Maria Picken, Maria Pyda-Karwicka, Katayoon Rezaei, Brian Robinson, Stephen Rohan, Ruben Ronchetti, Laurie Russell, Hemamali Samaratunga, Marina Scarpelli, Ahmed Shabaik, Rajal Shah, Jonathan Shanks, Maria Shevchuk, Mathilde Sibony, Bhuvana Srinivasan, Martin Susani, Sueli Suzigan, Joan Sweet, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Pheroze Tamboli, Satish Tickoo, Isabel Trias, Kiril Trpkov, Larry True, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Funda Vakar-Lopez, Theo Van Der Kwast, Cheng Wang, Anne Warren, Jorge Yao, Asli Yilmaz, Jin Zhao, Ming Zhou, Debra Zynger

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Abstract

The International Society of Urological Pathology convened a consensus conference on renal cancer, preceded by an online survey, to address issues relating to the diagnosis and reporting of renal neoplasia. In this report, the role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and assessment of prognosis of renal tumors is addressed. In particular we focused upon the use of immunohistochemical markers and the approach to specific differential diagnostic scenarios. We enquired whether cytogenetic and molecular tools were applied in practice and asked for views on the perceived prognostic role of biomarkers. Both the survey and conference voting results demonstrated a high degree of consensus in participants' responses regarding prognostic/ predictive markers and molecular techniques, whereas it was apparent that biomarkers for these purposes remained outside the diagnostic realm pending clinical validation. Although no individual antibody or panel of antibodies reached consensus for classifying renal tumors, or for confirming renal metastatic disease, it was noted from the online survey that 87% of respondents used immunohistochemistry to subtype renal tumors sometimes or occasionally, and a majority (87%) used immunohistochemical markers (Pax 2 or Pax 8, renal cell carcinoma [RCC] marker, panel of pan-CK, CK7, vimentin, and CD10) in confirming the diagnosis of metastatic RCC. There was consensus that immunohistochemistry should be used for histologic subtyping and applied before reaching a diagnosis of unclassified RCC. At the conference, there was consensus that TFE3 and TFEB analysis ought to be requested when RCC was diagnosed in a young patient or when histologic appearances were suggestive of the translocation subtype; whereas Pax 2 and/ or Pax 8 were considered to be the most useful markers in the diagnosis of a renal primary.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1518-1531
Number of pages14
JournalAmerican Journal of Surgical Pathology
Volume37
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2013

Keywords

  • CK7
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • International Society of Urological Pathology
  • Pax 2
  • Pax 8
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Translocation carcinoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anatomy
  • Surgery
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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