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ErbB-2 expression and its association with other biological parameters of breast cancer among Indian women

Vaidyanathan, Kannan and Kumar, P and Reddy, CO and Deshmane, V and Somasundaram, K and Mukherjee, G (2010) ErbB-2 expression and its association with other biological parameters of breast cancer among Indian women. In: Indian Journal of Cancer, 47 (1). pp. 8-15.

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Abstract

Overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor family genes, which include ErbB-1, 2, 3 and 4, has been implicated in a number of cancers. We have studied the extent of ErbB-2 overexpression among Indian women with sporadic breast cancer. Methods: Immmunohistochemistry and genomic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to study the ErbB2 overexpression. ErbB2 status was correlated with other clinico-pathological parameters, including patient survival. Results: ErbB-2 overexpression was detected in 43.2% (159/368) of the cases by immunohistochemistry. For a sub-set of patients (n = 55) for whom total DNA was available, ErbB-2 gene amplification was detected in 25.5% (14/55) of the cases by genomic PCR. While the ErbB2 overexpression was significantly higher in patients with lymphnode (χ2 = 12.06, P≤ 0.001), larger tumor size (χ2 = 8.22, P = 0.042) and ductal carcinoma (χ2 = 15.42, P ≤ 0.001), it was lower in patients with disease-free survival (χ2 = 22.13, P ≤ 0.001). Survival analysis on a sub-set of patients for whom survival data were available (n = 179) revealed that ErbB-2 status (χ2 =25.94, P ≤ 0.001), lymphnode status (χ2 = 12.68, P ≤ 0.001), distant metastasis (χ2 = 19.49, P ≤ 0.001) and stage of the disease (χ2 = 28.04, P ≤0.001) were markers of poor prognosis. Conclusions: ErbB-2 overexpression was significantly greater compared with the Western literature, but comparable to other Indian studies. Significant correlation was found between ErbB-2 status and lymphnode status, tumor size and ductal carcinoma. ErbB-2 status, lymph node status, distant metastasis and stage of the disease were found to be prognostic indicators.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Indian Journal of Cancer
Publisher: Medknow Publications
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Medknow Publications.
Keywords: Breastcancer ErbB-2,genomic polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2010 11:24
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 06:11
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/29196

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