Prevalence of BRCA1 expression in epithelial ovarian cancer: immunohistochemical study.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-38960
ABSTRACT
The 99 formalin fxed paraffin-embedded ovarian tissue specimens of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) patients treated at the Gynecologic Oncology Unit, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1999, were immuno-stained with BRCA antibody using the immunohistochemical method. According to the criteria for BRCA1 immunohistochemical evaluation (neoplastic nuclear staining more than 10%), 12 (12.1%) of the 99 specimens showed positive BRCA1 expression. No associated statistical significance between clinicopathological variables and BRCA expression was detected. Survival analysis was performed in 87 patients who were followed-up for more than 6 months and recent status were available. During a median follow-up of 43 months, median survival time was 46 months (range 6-84 months). No association between BRCA1 expression and survival outcomes was found (Disease free survival and overall survival) in the presented patients.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Ovarian Neoplasms
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Immunohistochemistry
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Gene Expression
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Survival Analysis
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Paraffin Embedding
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Disease-Free Survival
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Genes, BRCA1
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Language:
English
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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