Table 1

Cancer testis antigen (CTA) expression in synovial sarcoma (SS)

AuthorCTA (type)Method of CTA assessmentIncidence in SS (%)
Kakimoto et al42NY-ESO-1IHC59
MAGE-A453
Endo et al44NY-ESO-149
Lai et al45NY-ESO-182
Sellner et al *abstract46NY-ESO-1PCR and IHC60 strong + 10 weakly positive
Ayyoub et al102NY-ESO-1PCR and IHC100 (n=2)
MAGE-A4100
Jungbluth et al43NY-ESO-1IHC80
MAGE-A116
CT7 (MAGEC1)8
Iura et al41NY-ESO-1PCR and IHC61
MAGE-A482
MAGE-A115
PRAME86
Antonescu et al103MAGE-A (unspecified subfamily)IHC88
Jungbluth et al *abstract50PRAMEIHC100
Luk et al51PRAMEPCR100
Roszik et al52PRAMECancer Genome Atlas and Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia100
Segal et al47NY-ESO-1Microarray80
PRAME100
Guillou et al104SYT-SSXRT-PCR96 and 100 (monophasic and biphasic)
Wei et al105SYT-SSXRT-PCR89
  • IHC, immunohistochemistry; PRAME, Preferentially Expressed Antigen In Melanoma.