MATERIALS AND METHODS

Selection criteria and tumor classification

All ECAs diagnosed on resection (hysterectomy or trachelectomy) were identified from the archives of Vancouver General Hospital. Biopsies were excluded. Cases with prior neoadjuvant chemoradiation rendering histologic assessment difficult were excluded. Additional specimens from the same patient were excluded. Slides of all ECAs were originally reviewed and reclassified under the IECC criteria (L.H., J.P., and H.R.). The observers had variable expertise (junior attending, senior resident, junior resident), and the IECC assignment was made with all observers in agreement. As per the IECC, ECAs were assigned as HPVA based on the presence of apical mitotic features and apoptotic bodies present at scanning magnification. The HPVA ECAs were further substratified into usual-type, villoglandular-type, mucinous intestinal-type, mucinous signet ring-type, invasive stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesion (iSMILE), and mucinous not otherwise specified (NOS), as defined previously [11,31]. When these features were absent, the slides were reexamined at ×200. Cases were classified as NHPVA if HPVA features were absent. The NHPVA ECAs were further substratified into gastric-type, clear cell, mesonephric, endometrioid, and serous carcinoma based on their morphological features.

Tissue microarray construction

A tissue microarray (TMA) was constructed using formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks. At least two 0.6 mm cores were taken from each case using the Pathology Devices TMArrayer (Pathology Devices, San Diego, CA, USA).

IHC and RNA in-situ hybridization

p16 (clone E6H4, mouse monoclonal, 1:5 dilution, Roche Diagnostics, Laval, Canada) IHC was performed on 4-µm sections using the Dako Omnis (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA) and Dako EnVision FLEX+ detection system as per manufacturer recommendations. Sections were mounted onto Dako FLEX microscope slides, air-dried for 20 minutes and baked at 60°C for 20 minutes. The heat-induced antigen retrieval method was performed using Envision FLEX Target Retrieval Solution (Dako) in Dako PT Link.

HPV RISH was performed using the Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) RNAScope 2.5 assay (Cat# 322300 ACD, Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Newark, NJ, USA) with RNAscope Probe HPV-HR18 (Cat#312591 ACD) which targets E6 and E7 mRNA for 18 high-risk HPV subtypes (HPV 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73, and 82), as per manufacturer instructions [11]. In brief, 4-µm sections were baked at 60°C and air-dried. The slides were briefly treated with hydrogen peroxide for 10 minutes and then underwent target retrieval for 15 minutes and protease treatment for 30 minutes. Hybridization with probe was done at 40°C for 2 hours followed by series of signal amplification. Signal detection was achieved through DAB staining before counterstaining with hematoxylin. Both RNAscope Positive Control Probe (Hs-PPIB, Cat# 313901 ACD) and RNAscope Negative Control Probe (DapB, Cat#310043 ACD) were used on separate sections for quality control purposes.

p16 IHC and HPV RISH were repeated on whole 4-µm sections when there was equivocal staining or when there was a discrepancy between p16 and HPV RISH scores on TMA. Cases not within the TMA were stained using whole sections directly.

p16 IHC and HPV RISH scoring

p16 IHC was scored positive only when there was strong and continuous diffuse staining in neoplastic glands (nuclear or nuclear and cytoplasmic) as previously established [32]. Absent, weak, or patchy staining was scored as negative. HPV RISH was scored positive only when there was dot-like nuclear staining as detailed previously [20].

Review of discordant cases

All cases which had discordance (either p16 IHC-HPV RISH, IECC-HPV RISH, IECC-p16 IHC) underwent re-review by the original institutional pathologists as well as by two external expert pathologists (R.S. and S.S.) who were blinded to the p16 IHC and HPV RISH findings. The final IECC diagnostic designation was determined when all observers (original pathologists and two expert pathologists) completely agreed on the diagnosis. Any cases without complete agreement were considered unclassifiable.

RESULTS

Case selection

A total of 129 ECAs were initially acquired. After exclusion of cases with biopsy specimen only, neoadjuvant therapy, insufficient tissue, or repeats, 111 cases were included in the study. The 111 cases grouped by the IECC included: 94 HPVA cases (63 usual-type, 4 intestinal, 4 villoglandular, 1 iSMILE, and 22 mucinous NOS) and 17 NHPVA cases (12 gastric, 4 mesonephric, and 1 NOS).

Eighteen cases in the tissue microarray had both p16 IHC and HPV RISH repeated on whole tissue sections. Twelve of 18 cases (66%) had a change in their p16 IHC and/or HPV RISH status after repeat staining on whole tissue sections. Of these 12 cases, six (50%) were positive for p16 IHC and negative for HPV RISH on TMA but showed positive staining for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH on whole sections. Four cases (33%) had absent or necrotic tumor cells on both p16 IHC and HPV RISH TMAs and showed positive staining for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH on whole sections. Two cases (17%) had positive p16 IHC on TMA but no tumor cells on HPV RISH TMA, and whole sections confirmed HPV RISH positivity. Three cases were not included in the construction of the TMA initially, and were stained using only whole sections.

Assessment of p16 IHC, HPV RISH, and IECC accuracy on original review

On initial assessment, p16 IHC and HPV RISH were concordant in 108/111 cases (97%) independent of the IECC assignment Eighty-eight cases were positive for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH, and 20 cases were negative for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH. The three cases that were discordant were all p16 positive and HPV RISH negative. These three cases are discussed in detail below.

On original review, the IECC assignment was concordant with HPV RISH in 103/111 cases (93%) and with p16 IHC in 106/111 cases (95%) (Table 1). Altogether, there were a total of eight cases with p16 IHC/HPV RISH and/or IECC/HPV RISH and/or IECC/p16 discordance. These eight discordant cases included seven HPVA cases (one usual-type, one mucinous intestinal-type, and five mucinous NOS [3 are mentioned above in the preceding paragraph]) that were all found to be HPV RISH negative. There was one NHPVA case (gastric-type) that was found to be HPV RISH positive, which is described in detail below.

Histology re-examination with by original reviewers and by external expert reviewers

The histology of each of the eight discordant cases was reviewed again by the original internal reviewers as well as independently by two expert external reviewers (Table 2). Histology review of the one discordant usual-type ECA demonstrated classic HPVA features with apoptotic bodies and floating mitosis. The two external reviewers also independently thought it was HPVA. Its classification remained unchanged as HPVA usual-type ECA, despite the negativity for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH (Fig. 1).

One case initially called HPVA-mucinous intestinal-type, showed an ECA with ample eosinophilic cytoplasm with well-defined cell borders, with histologic features in keeping with NHPVA-gastric type ECA. Focally, the presence of goblet cells was identified, which was the initial rationale for classifying it as a HPVA-mucinous intestinal-type. Upon review, the intestinal-type ECA was reclassified as gastric-type ECA. The two external reviewers also called this NHPVA.

Of the five HPVA-mucinous NOS cases, two were negative for both p16 IHC and HPV RISH. On reassessment of both cases, there was only very focal apoptotic bodies and apical mitoses present. There were also other areas in the same tumor which showed ample intracytoplasmic mucin. Both cases were reclassified as a NHPVA-gastric type. The two external reviewers also agreed independently on the diagnosis.

Of the five HPVA-mucinous NOS cases, three were positive for p16 IHC and negative for HPV RISH. These cases were difficult to reclassify even after external reviews. One case exhibited villoglandular and glandular architecture. There were admixed columnar cells with vague mucinous cytoplasm and cuboidal cells forming small papillae (Fig. 2A, B). While all reviewers agreed that this case belonged in the NHPVA category, the precise histotype could not be agreed upon by morphology alone, yielding a final designation of NHPVA-NOS. The second case showed mostly solid nested growth and the cells exhibited severe cytologic atypia and admixed neutrophils. The nuclei were enlarged with conspicuous nucleoli. There was no agreement in histotype and this case was deemed unclassifiable (Fig. 2C). IHC performed in the clinical pathology workup showed positivity for estrogen receptor and negativity for monoclonal carcinoembryonic antigen and vimentin. The third case was similar. It comprised of nests of mucinous cells with severe cytologic atypia. There was a background of dense lymphoplasmacytic inflammation. This case was also deemed unclassifiable (Fig. 2D). No additional IHC was performed in the clinical pathology workup; however, this patient did have a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 and adenocarcinoma-in-situ on a prior loop electrosurgical excision procedure specimen.

When the one discordant NHPVA-gastric type ECA was rereviewed, the histology demonstrated intermixed gastric-type and usual-type morphology, which were spatially distinct (Fig. 3). The two histotypes showed positive p16 IHC but a distinct HPV RISH profile. The usual-type component was positive for HPV RISH and more superficial, while the gastric-type component was negative for HPV RISH and more deep and infiltrative. Therefore, this case was reclassified as an ECA of mixed type. This patient presented with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIB disease and was treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation. Follow up after 5 years revealed no evidence of disease recurrence.

DISCUSSION

In our large series of cervical adenocarcinomas, we found that p16 IHC is concordant with HPV RISH in 97% of cases and is an excellent surrogate biomarker for high-risk HPV. On original review, p16 IHC and HPV RISH was concordant with IECC in 106/111 (95%) and 103/111 (93%) of cases, which remained unchanged for p16 IHC and improved to 107/111 (96%) for HPV RISH after expert review. Our study reiterates that the morphological guidelines denoted by the IECC are robust and can be relied on as the first step in reaching the correct ECA classification in the vast majority of cases.

Our results are in keeping with recent findings by Chen et al. [27], who demonstrated 100% sensitivity of p16 IHC for HPV RISH in HPVA ECAs, but demonstrated a lower specificity (88.89%). We also found 100% sensitivity of p16 IHC for HPV RISH, and a lower specificity (86.9%). Our p16 IHC and IECC concordance is also similar to that presented previously by Hodgson et al. [10] (92% in HPVA, 100% in NHPVA). However, their study demonstrated a higher false negative rate for p16 IHC in HPVA (5 of 63, 8% of cases). We only saw false-negative p16 IHC in one case (1%). The difference between our concordance rate is likely because any discordance in our study prompted staining of p16 on whole tissue sections.

It has been shown that p16 IHC can be positive in up to one-third of NHPVA-gastric type, which is a pitfall for pathologists [31]. In our series, our one hybrid ECA showed diffuse p16 IHC staining in the gastric-type component, two cases of gastric-type ECA showed patchy staining and the remainder of the gastrictype ECA showed negligible staining. We did not actually encounter a high rate of true p16 IHC positivity in our NHPVA-gastric cases. However, we did have three p16 IHC+/HPV RISH–cases which were reclassified after expert review as one NHPVA-NOS and two unclassifiable adenocarcinomas.

The HPVA-mucinous group posed the greatest challenge on our initial histologic assessment. Five HPVA-mucinous were reclassified after review (2 into NHPVA-gastric, 1 into NHPVA-NOS, and 2 were unclassifiable). In some of the cases, the low-power architecture (villoglandular), mucin-deplete columnar cells and goblet cells, prompted an initial diagnosis of HPVA. More often, it was the finding of very focal areas of luminal mitotic figures or apoptotic bodies that prompted a diagnosis of HPVA. The original reviews were performed by pathologists with varying levels of training and we believe this was a reflection of experience. Novice pathologists appear to take a more prescriptive approach, following the IECC rules very literally, such that any evidence of luminal mitoses or apoptotic debris renders a diagnosis of HPVA. The more seasoned pathologists appear to take a broader approach, incorporating the entire constellation of morphologic features and only considering luminal mitoses and apoptotic bodies when they are more conspicuous. This is an important finding to emphasize as many pathologists new to the IECC system may encounter this same problem. In practice, more time would be spent on each case assessing for these features as well as any adjacent in-situ lesions (adenocarcinoma in situ, lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia) that would be informative for real-life practice. Even after careful review, some mucinous NOS cases were not classifiable, albeit a very small number (2/111, 2% of cases). In practice, additional immunohistochemical markers available in the clinical pathology laboratory (such as estrogen receptor, Napsin, p53) would likely allow for a refined diagnosis in these cases. For example, one of the unclassified cases had limited IHC workup which was positive for estrogen receptor and negative for vimentin and monoclonal carcinoembryonic antigen. It was subsequently signed out as invasive poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, consistent with cervical primary, favor endometrioid.

Using morphology alone, we have identified one hybrid case with both NHPVA and HPVA features. Like the 13 cases reported by Wada et al. [33], the hybrid case contained features of both gastric and usual-type ECA. However, the cases presented in their study demonstrated either positive HPV or negative HPV in both gastric and usual-type components using HPV DNA ISH. Using HPV RISH, we showed a different staining pattern in the two components. Although a collision tumor is a possibility, we hypothesize that this tumor started as an HPV driven neoplasm which then gained additional mutations allowing for oncogenesis independent of HPV, with a subclone of the tumor presenting as loss of HPVA and gain of NHPVA morphologic features. The favorable prognosis after 5 years also supports an HPVA origin.

There are a couple of minor limitations of this study to highlight. First, the HPV RISH kit detects 18 high-risk HPV subtypes, but more than 200 types of HPV have been recognized [34]. This could explain why the one usual-type ECA was negative for HPV RISH. Second, although p16 IHC is a robust surrogate marker for HPV infection, p16 IHC can be falsely negative in HPVA tumors in the setting of methylation induced-inactivation and allelic loss [35,36]. We did not assess for these advanced molecular features.

In summary, p16 IHC and HPV RISH have excellent concordance in endocervical adenocarcinomas. IECC classification demonstrated strong concordance with HPV testing using p16 IHC and HPV RISH, with HPV RISH being slightly superior to p16. Classification by IECC was excellent in novice pathologists, with only a slight improvement with the addition of expert pathologists. Of the IECC/HPV RISH or IECC/p16 IHC discordant cases, the majority were mucinous (i.e., mucinous intestinal-type, mucinous NOS and gastric-types). Therefore, in any cases with mucinous cytoplasm, pathologists should be extra careful to examine for conspicuous HPV-related histologic features, along with any associated in-situ lesions. The presence of goblet cells or very focal apoptotic bodies or luminal mitoses are not enough to designate a case as HPVA. Ambiguous cases may warrant referral for HPV RISH or PCR.

Fig. 1.

The discordant human papillomavirus (HPV) associated (HPVA) usual-type case demonstrates classic HPVA features with floating mitosis and apoptotic bodies (A, B). Both HPV RNA in-situ hybridization (C) and p16 immunohistochemistry (D) are negative on whole slide staining. The classification remains unchanged as HPVA usual-type.

Fig. 2.

Three discordant human papillomavirus (HPV) associated (HPVA)-mucinous not otherwise indicated (NOS) cases with positive p16 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and negative HPV RNA in-situ hybridization are difficult to classify. First HPVA-mucinous NOS case is reclassified as non–HPV-associated NOS, which demonstrates a component with papillary architecture with cuboidal cells (A), and a second component with columnar cells and mucin (B). Second HPVA-mucinous NOS case is deemed unclassifiable, which demonstrates solid nested growth with severe cytological atypia (C). The last HPVA-mucinous NOS case is also deemed unclassifiable, which demonstrates nested cells with amphophilic cytoplasm and dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate (D).

Fig. 3.

One case of endocervical adenocarcinomas originally classified as gastric-type demonstrates mixed features showing both gastrictype and usual-type morphology on hematoxylin and eosin staining (A). The gastric-type component (B) does not have typical human papillomavirus (HPV) associated (HPVA) features and is positive for p16 immunohistochemistry (IHC) (D) and negative for HPV RNA in-situ hybridization (RISH) (F). The usual-type component does demonstrate HPVA features (C) and is positive for p16 IHC (E) and positive for HPV RISH (G).

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