Difference between revisions of "Classification of urothelial carcinoma by immunohistochemistry"

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*GATA3 ''positive'' and CK5/6 ''positive'' cases are classified as ''luminal''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
*GATA3 ''positive'' and CK5/6 ''positive'' cases are classified as ''luminal''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
*GATA3 ''negative'' and CK5/6 ''negative'' are ''unclassified''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
*GATA3 ''negative'' and CK5/6 ''negative'' are ''unclassified''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
Additional note:
*[[CK20]] is considered an alternate luminal marker.<ref name=pmid28632777 >{{cite journal |authors=Sikic D, Keck B, Wach S, Taubert H, Wullich B, Goebell PJ, Kahlmeyer A, Olbert P, Isfort P, Nimphius W, Hartmann A, Giedl J |title=Immunohistochemiocal subtyping using CK20 and CK5 can identify urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract with a poor prognosis |journal=PLoS One |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=e0179602 |date=2017 |pmid=28632777 |pmc=5478149 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0179602 |url=}}</ref>


==IHC==
==IHC==
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Important note:
Important note:
*Twenty percent of the tumour cells is considered the '''cut-off''' for ''positive'' versus ''negative''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
*Twenty percent of the tumour cells is considered the '''cut-off''' for ''positive'' versus ''negative''.<ref name=pmid34103388/>
Additional notes:
*CK5 is considered the ''basal'' marker.
*GATA3 is considered the ''luminal'' marker.
**[[CK20]] is considered an alternate luminal marker.<ref name=pmid28632777 >{{cite journal |authors=Sikic D, Keck B, Wach S, Taubert H, Wullich B, Goebell PJ, Kahlmeyer A, Olbert P, Isfort P, Nimphius W, Hartmann A, Giedl J |title=Immunohistochemiocal subtyping using CK20 and CK5 can identify urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract with a poor prognosis |journal=PLoS One |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=e0179602 |date=2017 |pmid=28632777 |pmc=5478149 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0179602 |url=}}</ref>


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