
Histologically, bladder cancer is a heterogeneous group comprising urothelial carcinoma (UC), squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinomas (ACs), urachal carcinomas (UrCs), and small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (SCCs). However, all bladder cancers have been treated so far uniformly, and targeted therapy options are still limited. Thus, we aimed to determine the protein expression/molecular status of commonly used cancer targets (programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), mismatch repair (MMR), androgen and estrogen receptors (AR/ER), Nectin-4, tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (Tacstd2, Trop-2), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3)) to give first insights into whether patients with SCC, AC/UrCs, and squamous-differentiated carcinomas (Sq-BLCA) of the bladder could be eligible for targeted therapies. In addition, for MMR-deficient tumors, microsatellite instability was analyzed. We completed our own data with molecular data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We present ratios for each drug and cumulative ratios for multiple therapeutic options for each nonurothelial subtype. For example, 58.9% of SCC patients, 33.5% of AC/UrCs patients, and 79.3% of Sq-BLCA patients would be eligible for at least one of the analyzed targets. In conclusion, our findings hold promise for targeted therapeutic approaches in selected patients in the future, as various drugs could be applied according to the biomarker status.
Male, Trop-2, Adenocarcinoma, DNA Mismatch Repair, Article, B7-H1 Antigen, small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Aged, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, squamous-differentiated carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, urachal carcinoma, therapeutic target, Immunohistochemistry, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, bladder cancer, Nectin-4, Female, Microsatellite Instability
Male, Trop-2, Adenocarcinoma, DNA Mismatch Repair, Article, B7-H1 Antigen, small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Aged, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, squamous-differentiated carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, urachal carcinoma, therapeutic target, Immunohistochemistry, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, bladder cancer, Nectin-4, Female, Microsatellite Instability
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