ArticleThe journal of pathology. Clinical research2026
Folate receptor alpha (FRα) expression in tubo-ovarian and endometrial tumors: a study of 923 cases.
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Folate receptor alpha (FRα) is a promising therapeutic target due to its high expression in several tumor types and its rare expression in healthy tissue. Recently, the antibody-drug conjugate mirvetuximab soravtansine has been approved for treatment of advanced platinum-resistant high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). Immunohistochemical expression of FRα has been extensively studied in HGSC, but most studies conducted before the clinical studies targeting FRα used variable antibodies and scoring criteria, which makes comparison of older literature data with recent studies difficult. Moreover, the data regarding its expression in other types of ovarian and other female genital tract tumors are limited or absent. In our study, we focused on immunohistochemical expression in 923 tubo-ovarian and endometrial tumors (assessed on tissue microarrays), using standardized scoring criteria and the VENTANA FOLR1 CDx assay. The results of our study showed the highest FRα expression in serous carcinomas, specifically HGSC (45% positive cases), followed by low-grade serous carcinoma (25%), endometrial serous carcinoma (11%), and serous borderline tumor (10%). Endometrioid and clear cell ovarian carcinomas showed rare positivity (2% and 1%, respectively). All other tumors examined were negative, including mucinous ovarian tumors, sex cord-stromal tumors, endometrial endometrioid carcinomas, undifferentiated and dedifferentiated carcinomas, and endometrial clear cell carcinomas. In conclusion, these results confirm that FRα expression in HGSC and LGSC reaches similar values compared to published data, and is present in a minority of endometrial serous carcinomas. In other ovarian and endometrial tumors examined, FRα expression is absent or rare.
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