ANALYSIS OF CD10 EXPRESSION IN PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA AND ITS CORRELATION WITH DIFFERENT CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AT RNTMC, UDAIPUR

Objective: The study aimed to analyze the expression of CD10 in prostate adenocarcinoma to aid in early diagnosis and anti-CD10 targeted therapy. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Histopathology section of the Department of Pathologyat RNTMC, Udaipur, after approval from the ethical committee and institutional review board. This study was conducted on 92 patients suspected to have prostate cancer. The cases were assessed for Gleason score, Gleason Grade, and Serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels. We performed IHC detection of CD10 in prostatic specimens and correlated the various patterns of CD10 expression concerning histopathological diagnosis. Results: In our study, we found membranous expression in low-grade carcinomas with low Gleason score and grade. The high-grade carcinomas with high Gleason score and Grade predominantly showed cytoplasmic expression. The increased CD10 cytoplasmic expression was correlated with serum PSA level. Conclusion: In our study, CD10 was found to be relevant. The low-grade carcinomas showed membranous positivity and high-grade carcinomas showed cytoplasmic expression. One hypothesis states that cytoplasmic expression is due to the localization of CD10 in the cytoplasm. Our study favors this hypothesis as there is cytoplasmic expression in high-grade tumors. In the future, this could be used as a diagnostic marker.