The significance of HER-2/neu/c-erbB-2 gene amplification in benign and malignant breast disease.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1997 Sep; 28(3): 631-40
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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to investigate the amplification of HER-2/neu oncogene in 66 patients with primary breast cancer and 90 samples from benign breast disease (BBD). The amplification of HER-2/neu oncogene in the DNA of paraffin-embedded specimens was determined by differential PCR. Nineteen out of 66 (28.8%) breast cancer patients showed amplification of the gene. No gene amplification was found in benign breast disease. There was no significant correlation of HER-2/neu amplification with, age, menopausal status, the number of positive nodes, tumor size, estrogen receptor, however, amplification of HER-2/neu gene was strongly correlated with nodal status (p = 0.0049). In node positive patients, the incidence of HER-2/neu amplification was high (43%). These findings indicate that the amplification of HER-2/neu gene may be of pathogenetic significance in breast cancer and may have a poor prognosis in node positive breast cancer patients while no gene amplification in benign breast disease suggests that HER-2/neu amplification is a late molecular alteration event in the pathogenesis of breast cancer.
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Pronóstico
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Enfermedades de la Mama
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Menopausia
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Amplificación de Genes
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Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
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Incidencia
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de etiología
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
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Inglés
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
1997
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Artículo
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