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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Mar 16;178:31–47. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.03.008

Table 3.

Therapeutic cancer vaccine antigens from the NCI 2009 workshop as candidates for prophylactic vaccines: expression in precancer.

NCI Ranka Antigen Oncogenica Cancer stem cell expressiona Premalignant lesion(s)b,c Cancer typec
1 WT1 yes yes nephrogenic rests Kidney
2 MUC1 yes yes PanIN, IPMN; BE; adenoma;bronchial preneoplasia; MGUS; AMM pancreatic, esophageal,colorectal, lung, multiple myeloma
3 LMP2 - yes ND -
4 HPV E6 E7 - some CIN, VIN cervical
5 EGFRvIII - yes ND -
6 HER-2/neu yes - DCIS; adenoma breast, colorectal
8 MAGE A3 - yes DCIS; SD; esophageal SCCIS breast, head and neck, esophageal
9 p53 non- mutant yes yes OL, OSMF; CIN; hyperplasia and dysplasia; schistosomal cystitis; SDIS; DH; dysplasia; DCIS oral, cervical, head and neck, bladder, lung, pancreatic, breast
10 NY-ESO-1 - yes DCIS; SD; SCIS breast, head and neck, esophageal
11 PSMA - - HGPIN prostate
13 CEA - - dysplasia, CIS; adenoma; IM cervical, colorectal, gastric
14 MelanA/MART1 - - BD, AK melanoma
15 Ras-mutant yes yes adenoma; EIN; BE; DH and dysplasia colorectal, endometrial, esophageal, pancreatic
17 p53 mutant yes some OL, OSMF; CIN; hyperplasia and dysplasia; schistosomal cystitis; SDIS; DH, dysplasia; DCIS; BE; AK, BD oral, cervical, head and neck, bladder, lung, pancreatic, breast, esophageal, melanoma
19 Bcr-abl yes yes ND -
20 Tyrosinase - - MIS, SSM melanoma
21 Survivin yes - OL; RIN; IPMT; BD oral, renal, pancreatic, melanoma
23 hTERT yes yes PanIN, IPMN; BD, AK pancreatic, melanoma
24 Sarcoma translocation breakpoints yes yes ND -
25 EphA2 yes - AAH, noninvasive bronchioloalveolar component of adenocarcinoma lung
27 ML-IAP yes - ND -
28 AFP - yes ND -
29 EpCAM - yes IM; IN gastric and esophageal
30 ERG (TMPRSS2 ETS fusion gene) yes - HGPIN prostate
32 PAX3 yes - neurofibroma nerve sheath, melanoma
33 ALK yes yes ND -
34 Androgen receptor yes - OL, OSMF; BPH, PIN oral, prostate
35 Cyclin B1 yes - bronchial preneoplasia; SD; DCIS lung, head and neck, breast
36 Polysialic Acid - - CIN; OL, OSMF cervical, oral
37 MYCN yes - ND -
38 RhoC yes - ND -
39 TRP-2 - yes ND -
42 Mesothelin - - PanIN, IPMN pancreatic
43 PSCA - - HGPIN prostate
44 MAGE A1 - yes DCIS; SD; SCCIS breast, head and neck, esophageal
45 sLe(a) - - adenoma; CIN colorectal, cervical
46 CYP1B1 - - PIN prostate
47 PLAC1 yes - DCIS breast
49 BORIS yes - ND -
50 Tn - - AK, BD; Paget's disease melanoma, breast
52 ETV6-AML yes - ND -
55 SART3 - - CIS gastric
56 STn - - adenoma, Crohn's colitis; IM colorectal, gastric
57 Carbonic anhydrase IX - - columnar cell metaplasia; BE, dysplasia colorectal, esophageal
58 PAX5 yes - ND -
59 OY-TES1 yes - ND -
66 B7H3 - - PIN prostate
a

Rankings from 2009 NCI Workshop reported in Cheever et al. 2009.

b

Premalignant lesions with validated expression on human tissue samples.

c

Listed cancer types correspond in order to listed premalignant lesions. Premalignant lesions of the same cancer tissue type are separated by commas while lesions of different tissue types are separated by semi-colons.