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HER2 expression in Brazilian patients with estrogen and progesterone receptor-negative breast carcinoma
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Acta Histochemica. Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag, v. 115, n. 2, n. 120, n. 127, 2013.
0065-1281
WOS:000315934400004
10.1016/j.acthis.2012.05.002
Autor
Ramalho, S
Serra, KP
Vassallo, J
Soares, FA
Pinto, GA
Teixeira, LC
da Cunha, IW
Derchain, SFM
de Souza, G
Institución
Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between clinical and pathological factors and survival in patients with double negative HER2-overexpressing carcinoma and triple negative carcinoma. One hundred and sixty-one (161) patients diagnosed with breast cancer negative for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) were included. Of the total, 58 patients had double negative HER2-overexpressing (ER/PR-negative and HER2-positive) and 103 had triple negative (ER-negative, PR-negative and HER2-negative). ER and PR expression was assessed through immunohistochemistry (IHC) and HER2 expression was measured by immunohistochemistry and Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) analysis in tissue microarray. More than 80% had stages II and III disease and histologic grade III and nuclear grade 3. Patients with triple negative breast carcinoma had undifferentiated histologic types in 11% of cases and vascular invasion in 14.5%. Both groups had more than 50% visceral metastases. HER2 expression (p = 0.42) and vascular invasion (p = 0.05) did not interfere with survival. Survival of patients with Stages I-II disease was significantly longer than in those with Stage III disease both for double negative HER2-overexpressing carcinomas (p < 0.0001) and triple negative carcinomas (p = 0.03). The study shows that hormone receptor-negative breast carcinomas were undifferentiated and diagnosed at advanced stages and that HER2 expression was not associated with overall survival. (C) 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. 115 2 120 127 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) FAPESP [2009/17097-1]