Research Article

Establishment of an Academic Tissue Microarray Platform as a Tool for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Research

Table 2

Special subtype-specific tissue microarrays for (longitudinal) tumor biology studies.

Name of tissue microarraysSoft tissue sarcoma subtypesDifferent stages of samples in pairsNumber of cases

UZL_TMA_CCSAClear cell sarcomaPrimary tumor, metastatic lesion, and/or local recurrence5
UZL_TMA_ASPSAlveolar soft part sarcomaPrimary tumor and metastatic lesions2
UZL_TMA_ARMSAlveolar rhabdomyosarcomaPrimary tumor, metastatic lesion, and/or local recurrence4
UZL_TMA_LMSLeiomyosarcomaPrimary tumor, metastatic lesion, and/or local recurrence36

Different types of mutations
UZL_TMA_GISTGastrointestinal stromal tumorKIT exon 99
KIT exon 11 deletion including codons 557/55810
KIT exon 11 substitutions9
KIT exon 11 duplication7
KIT exon 11 deletion outside codons 557/5585
KIT exon 11 + 175
KIT exon 11 + 134
KIT exon 11 p. W557_K558 deletion on codon 557–5584
PDGFRA p. D842 V7
PDGFRA other exon 18 mutation5
No KIT/PDGFRA mutation7
Different subgroups of LPS
UZL_TMA_LPSLiposarcomaWell differentiated14
Dedifferentiated11
Myxoid/round cell10
Pleomorphic6

PDGFR-A: platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha.