Diagnostic utility of p63/P501S double sequential immunohistochemical staining in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate carcinoma

Srinivasan, M and Parwani, AV (2011) Diagnostic utility of p63/P501S double sequential immunohistochemical staining in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate carcinoma. Diagnostic Pathology, 6 (1).

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Abstract

Distinguishing urothelial carcinoma (UC) from prostate carcinoma (PC) is important due to potential therapeutic and prognostic implications. However, this can be a diagnostic challenge when there is limited tissue and in poorly differentiated tumors. We evaluated the diagnostic utility of a dual immunohistochemical stain comprising p63 and P501S (prostein), applied sequentially on a single slide and visualized by double chromogen reaction, in differentiating these two cancers. Thus far, there have been no previous studies assessing the diagnostic utility of p63 and P501S combined together as a dual immunostain in distinguishing between these two cancers.Methods: p63/P501S dual-color sequential immunohistochemical staining was performed on archival material from 132 patients with high-grade UC and 23 patients with PC, and evaluated for p63 (brown nuclear) and P501S (red cytoplasmic) expression. Both the staining intensity and percentage of positive tumor cells were assessed.Results: p63 was positive in 119/132 of UC and negative in PC. P501S was positive in 22/23 of PC and negative in UC. The p63+/P501S- immunoprofile had 90% sensitivity and 100% specificity for UC. The p63-/P501S+ immunoprofile had 96% sensitivity and 100% specificity for PC.Conclusion: Our results indicate that double sequential immunohistochemical staining with p63 and P501S is highly specific and can be a useful tool in distinguishing UC from PC especially when there is limited diagnostic tissue as it can be performed on a single slide. © 2011 Srinivasan and Parwani; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Srinivasan, M mas225@pitt.edu MAS225 Parwani, AV
Date:	21 July 2011
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Diagnostic Pathology
Volume:	6
Number:	1
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1186/1746-1596-6-67
Schools and Programs:	School of Public Health > Epidemiology School of Medicine > Pathology
Refereed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2016 16:11
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2019 15:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30033

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