Abstract 6102: Clinicopathological and genetics features of endometrial cancer in Algerian women: The first nation-wide study
Authors: Cherbal Farid , Mehemmai Chiraz , Saidi Mouchira , Santoudji Yasmine , Seddik Djamel-Eddine , Boumehdi Asma-Lamia , Gouaref Fatiha , Bentabak Kamel , Mahfouf Hassen , Oukkal Mohammed 
Published: March 2024

Background: Endometrial cancer represents the fourth common cancer in women in Algeria and the fifth cause of cancer mortality. In the present study, we aimed to determine, clinical, tumor and genetics characteristics associated with endometrial cancer in Algerian women. In addition, we screened for germline pathogenic variants in MMR genes in endometrial cancer patients with strong family history of Lynch syndrome (LS).

Materials and Methods: Our study population included 273 patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 2010 and 2021. Data were collected from three public hospitals that covered 29 provinces among 48 in Algeria. Patient and tumor information included: age at diagnosis, menopausal status, histological type, histological grade, TNM stage, FIGO stage, tumor markers CA125, ACE, CA19-9, family history with cancer and age at menarche . MLH1 (exons 1, 9, 10, 13, 16), MSH2 (exons 5, 6, 7, 12), MSH6 (exons 4 and 8) and PMS 2(exons 6 and 10) were screened by PCR-Sanger direct sequencing in 14 LS families .

Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 58.88 years. The mean age at menarche was 13.5 years. The proportion of endometrial cancer patients with premenopausal status was 21.62%. The commonest histological type was endometrioid adenocarcinoma (66.79%) followed by clear cell carcinoma (8.10%), carcinosarcomas (3.86%), serous carcinoma (3.47%) and mucinous carcinoma (2.7%). We found that the proportion of tumors with histological grade I (34.74%), grade II (27.41%) and grade IV (21.40%) was commonest in 83.55% of the patients. Our results showed that 73.74% of the patients were diagnosed at stage I (50.19%), stage II (12.74%) and stage III (10.81%), respectively. For the FIGO staging, our results showed that 74.12% of the patients were diagnosed at stage I (52.89%), stage III (10.81%) and stage I (10.42%), respectively. 16.21%, 3.08%, 6.94% of the patients were positive for CA125, ACE and CA19-9, respectively. We noticed that 56 patients (20.43%) had a positive family history with HBOC syndrome (17), Lynch syndrome (26) and Cowden syndrome (13), respectively. We identified two distinct germline pathogenic variants in MLH1 gene in two LS families. We detected the new germline pathogenic variant MLH1 c.53_63delinsT in young patient diagnosed with endometrial cancer and colorectal cancer (CRC) at age 43y and 44 y, respectively. The rare pathogenic germline variant MLH1 c.1546C&gt;T has been detected in young woman diagnosed with CRC at age 41y and endometrial and ovarian cancers at age 52y, respectively.

Conclusions : In this first study, we reported some clinical, biological, tumor and genetics features of endometrial cancer in Algerian women. Interestingly, we noticed that the median age of diagnosis was younger that the average age in Europe and America. Genetic counseling and testing is recommended for endometrial cancer patients diagnosed before age 50 with a family history of Lynch syndrome.

Citation Format: Farid Cherbal, Chiraz Mehemmai, Mouchira Saidi, Yasmine Santoudji, Djamel-Eddine Seddik, Asma-Lamia Boumehdi, Fatiha Gouaref, Kamel Bentabak, Hassen Mahfouf, Mohammed Oukkal. Clinicopathological and genetics features of endometrial cancer in Algerian women: The first nation-wide study [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 6102.