The accurate assessment ofa proto-oncogene, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 gene (HER-2), is extremely important for the therapy and prognosis of breast cancer. Currently, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is th...The accurate assessment ofa proto-oncogene, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 gene (HER-2), is extremely important for the therapy and prognosis of breast cancer. Currently, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is the method widely used for the detection of HER-2 protein. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been suggested to be a golden standard assay for HER-2 amplification. This study examined the expression and amplification of HER-2 in paraffin-embedded sections of breast cancer tissues, and compared the two methods on the measurement of HER-2 status. HER-2 gene and protein were determined in breast cancer samples from 52 Chinese women by FISH and IHC respectively. The findings indicated that the HER-2 gene amplification was found in 18 cases (34.6%) by FISH and the HER-2 protein over-expression (score 3+) in 15 cases (28.8%) by IHC. hnmunohistochemically, 28.6% of the cases scored as 2+ and 93.3% of the cases scored as 3+ were HER-2-positive by FISH. There was a significant correlation between the HER-2 gene amplification and HER-2 protein over-expression in breast cancer (P〈0.005). No correlation was noted between the HER-2 gene amplification and any of the clinicopathological parameters examined, including age, menopausal status, menarche age, tumor size, histological tumor type, histological grade, lymph node status, and the expression of ER and PR. It was concluded that the detection of HER-2 gene amplification in breast cancer by FISH is valuable and can compare with HER-2 protein detection by IHC.展开更多
Objective:The aim of this study was to study changes of HER-2 expression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the breast cancer cases.Methods:One hundred and thirty-seven female patients with primary breast cancers,who r...Objective:The aim of this study was to study changes of HER-2 expression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the breast cancer cases.Methods:One hundred and thirty-seven female patients with primary breast cancers,who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy,underwent core needle puncture and Mammotome biopsy before chemotherapy,and the biopsy results were used as the basis of histological diagnosis,fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed to test HER2 status of tumor tissues before and after chemotherapy.All patients underwent FEC,TE,or AC neoadjuvant chemotherapy of 2-6 cycles before surgery.Results:Twenty-two patients were positive according to FISH test among 137 preoperative patients,8 patients achieved pathological complete remission after chemotherapy (three HER-2 positive patients and five negative patients),91 patients achieved partial remission,24 patients were stable,and 14 cases were invalid.Twenty-two patients were positive according to FISH test (8 patients with pathological complete remission did not undergo test),and positive patients still expressed positively after chemotherapy before neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Three negative patients were converted to be positive,and changes before and after chemotherapy had no statistical difference (P>0.05).Conclusion:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy makes no influence on patients with HER-2 positive expression,while patients with negative expression can be converted to be positive,but without significant difference.展开更多
Background Accurate detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression and gene amplification is crucial for the application of HER2-specific therapy and for evaluating the response of patients ...Background Accurate detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression and gene amplification is crucial for the application of HER2-specific therapy and for evaluating the response of patients with breast cancer.A uniform and standard procedure of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) needs to be established for evaluating the HER2 status in breast cancer tissues for the treatment of patients with real HER2-positive tumors.The present multicenter study was aimed to examine the HER2 status in breast cancer specimens from Chinese patients using both IHC and FISH methods.Methods A multicenter study was performed on the HER2 status in 3 149 breast cancer specimens from different ethnic populations and areas in China by IHC and FISH assays.The potential association of HER2 status with demographic and clinical characteristics was analyzed.Results The positive rates for HER2 over-expression and HER2 amplification were 23.3% and 27.5% in this study,respectively.The concordance between IHC and FISH was 71.2% (K=0.494,P <0.001).Furthermore,72.9% of specimens with IHC 2+ were negative to FISH.The discordance rates among laboratories were from 5% to 28% for IHC and 1% to 16% for FISH.HER2 amplification was associated significantly with advanced tumor stage (Ⅲ or Ⅳ,P=0.002),large tumor size (>5 cm,P=0.002),moderate and poor histological grades (P <0.0001),post-menopause (P <0.0001),ER-PR-(P=0.002),and having >4 lymph nodes affected (P <0.0001) in this population.The positive rates of HER2 amplification in specimens from Man and Hui Chinese were significantly higher than that in other Chinese populations.There are slightly higher positive rates of HER2 expression and amplification in Chinese patients with breast cancer.Conclusion These findings may provide new insights into understanding the epidemiological features of HER2 expression and amplification,and may be valuable for clinical practice.展开更多
Objective:To study the clinical pathologic characteristics ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/neu in gastric cancer and the correlation ofβ-catenin and Ki67 to the protein expression and gene conditions of Her-2/Neu.Methods...Objective:To study the clinical pathologic characteristics ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/neu in gastric cancer and the correlation ofβ-catenin and Ki67 to the protein expression and gene conditions of Her-2/Neu.Methods:The protein expression ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu was detected by immunohistochemistry in 101 cases of gastric cancer and the gene conditions of Her-2/Neu by fluorescence in situ hybridization(FISH).Results:The protein expression ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu had close relationship with the clinical pathologic characteristics of gastric cancer.Theβ-catenin and Ki67 had obvious correlation to the differentiation,infiltration and lymphatic metastasis of the gastric cancer(P<0.05).The Ki67 had close relationship with the tumor-node-metastasis staging staging of gastric cancer(P<0.05).Her-2/Neu had close relationship with the differentiation and tumor-node-metastasis staging of gastric cancer(P<0.05)but had no relationship with the infiltration and lymphatic metastasis of the gastric cancer(P<0.05).The protein expression of Ki67 had significantly positive correlation to the protein expression and gene amplification conditions of Her-2/Neu(r=0.567,P<0.05 for protein;r=0.304,P<0.05 for gene).Conclusions:Combined detection ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu can be used as a reliable method to help the observation of biological behavior,diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer,and Ki67 can be used to serve the preliminary screening of Her-2/Neu gene state.展开更多
目的探讨用荧光原位杂交(fluorescent in situ hybridization,FISH)方法检测乳腺癌HER-2/neu基因表达的临床意义。方法应用FISH法对2008年1月至2008年7月在首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院就诊的33例女性新发乳腺癌患者进行HER-2/neu基因...目的探讨用荧光原位杂交(fluorescent in situ hybridization,FISH)方法检测乳腺癌HER-2/neu基因表达的临床意义。方法应用FISH法对2008年1月至2008年7月在首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院就诊的33例女性新发乳腺癌患者进行HER-2/neu基因检测,分析基因表达程度与临床病理特征之间的关系,比较基因和免疫组化(IHC)法蛋白表达的差别。结果33位受试者中HER-2/neu基因过表达率为39.4%,其过表达与肿瘤大小、绝经与否、临床分期之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。该基因在有腋淋巴结转移组显著高于无淋巴结转移组(P<0.05),ER阴性组高于ER阳性组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。PR阴性组与阳性组间差异无统计学意义。P53基因阳性组显著高于阴性组(P<0.05)。HER-2/neu基因过表达者11例为免疫组化HER-2蛋白强阳性病例;2例为中度阳性病例。结论FISH技术可稳定检测乳腺癌中HER-2/neu基因的表达程度,其过表达与绝经与否、肿瘤大小、临床分期无关,与腋淋巴结转移和P53基因表达成正相关,与ER呈密切负相关。HER-2蛋白高强度表达(3+)与基因扩增有极好的一致性,而中等强度表达(2+)必须进一步行FISH法基因检测。展开更多
目的检测郑氏植物蛋白片段(Zheng’s plant protein segment,ZPPS)在乳腺癌中的表达,探讨其临床病理联系及其与Her-2基因表达的相关性。方法应用免疫组化SP法检测51例乳腺癌与23例正常乳腺组织中ZPPS的表达;应用FISH技术检测Her-2基因...目的检测郑氏植物蛋白片段(Zheng’s plant protein segment,ZPPS)在乳腺癌中的表达,探讨其临床病理联系及其与Her-2基因表达的相关性。方法应用免疫组化SP法检测51例乳腺癌与23例正常乳腺组织中ZPPS的表达;应用FISH技术检测Her-2基因在乳腺癌中的表达。结果正常乳腺组织中,8例ZPPS呈阳性表达,阳性率为34.78%;乳腺癌组织中,38例ZPPS呈阳性表达,阳性率为74.51%,二者表达差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。51例乳腺癌中Her-2基因扩增率为39.22%,ZPPS阳性表达与FISH检测Her-2基因扩增呈负相关(P<0.05)。ZPPS的表达与淋巴结转移呈负相关(P<0.05)。结论标记ZPPS对乳腺癌的诊断及判定淋巴结转移具有实用价值。因在乳腺癌中ZPPS的表达与Her-2基因扩增呈负相关,所以临床病理工作中可选择ZPPS阴性病例进行FISH检测,从而减少盲目进行FISH基因扩增和Herceptin分子靶向治疗的病例。展开更多
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文摘The accurate assessment ofa proto-oncogene, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 gene (HER-2), is extremely important for the therapy and prognosis of breast cancer. Currently, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is the method widely used for the detection of HER-2 protein. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been suggested to be a golden standard assay for HER-2 amplification. This study examined the expression and amplification of HER-2 in paraffin-embedded sections of breast cancer tissues, and compared the two methods on the measurement of HER-2 status. HER-2 gene and protein were determined in breast cancer samples from 52 Chinese women by FISH and IHC respectively. The findings indicated that the HER-2 gene amplification was found in 18 cases (34.6%) by FISH and the HER-2 protein over-expression (score 3+) in 15 cases (28.8%) by IHC. hnmunohistochemically, 28.6% of the cases scored as 2+ and 93.3% of the cases scored as 3+ were HER-2-positive by FISH. There was a significant correlation between the HER-2 gene amplification and HER-2 protein over-expression in breast cancer (P〈0.005). No correlation was noted between the HER-2 gene amplification and any of the clinicopathological parameters examined, including age, menopausal status, menarche age, tumor size, histological tumor type, histological grade, lymph node status, and the expression of ER and PR. It was concluded that the detection of HER-2 gene amplification in breast cancer by FISH is valuable and can compare with HER-2 protein detection by IHC.
文摘Objective:The aim of this study was to study changes of HER-2 expression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the breast cancer cases.Methods:One hundred and thirty-seven female patients with primary breast cancers,who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy,underwent core needle puncture and Mammotome biopsy before chemotherapy,and the biopsy results were used as the basis of histological diagnosis,fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed to test HER2 status of tumor tissues before and after chemotherapy.All patients underwent FEC,TE,or AC neoadjuvant chemotherapy of 2-6 cycles before surgery.Results:Twenty-two patients were positive according to FISH test among 137 preoperative patients,8 patients achieved pathological complete remission after chemotherapy (three HER-2 positive patients and five negative patients),91 patients achieved partial remission,24 patients were stable,and 14 cases were invalid.Twenty-two patients were positive according to FISH test (8 patients with pathological complete remission did not undergo test),and positive patients still expressed positively after chemotherapy before neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Three negative patients were converted to be positive,and changes before and after chemotherapy had no statistical difference (P>0.05).Conclusion:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy makes no influence on patients with HER-2 positive expression,while patients with negative expression can be converted to be positive,but without significant difference.
文摘Background Accurate detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression and gene amplification is crucial for the application of HER2-specific therapy and for evaluating the response of patients with breast cancer.A uniform and standard procedure of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) needs to be established for evaluating the HER2 status in breast cancer tissues for the treatment of patients with real HER2-positive tumors.The present multicenter study was aimed to examine the HER2 status in breast cancer specimens from Chinese patients using both IHC and FISH methods.Methods A multicenter study was performed on the HER2 status in 3 149 breast cancer specimens from different ethnic populations and areas in China by IHC and FISH assays.The potential association of HER2 status with demographic and clinical characteristics was analyzed.Results The positive rates for HER2 over-expression and HER2 amplification were 23.3% and 27.5% in this study,respectively.The concordance between IHC and FISH was 71.2% (K=0.494,P <0.001).Furthermore,72.9% of specimens with IHC 2+ were negative to FISH.The discordance rates among laboratories were from 5% to 28% for IHC and 1% to 16% for FISH.HER2 amplification was associated significantly with advanced tumor stage (Ⅲ or Ⅳ,P=0.002),large tumor size (>5 cm,P=0.002),moderate and poor histological grades (P <0.0001),post-menopause (P <0.0001),ER-PR-(P=0.002),and having >4 lymph nodes affected (P <0.0001) in this population.The positive rates of HER2 amplification in specimens from Man and Hui Chinese were significantly higher than that in other Chinese populations.There are slightly higher positive rates of HER2 expression and amplification in Chinese patients with breast cancer.Conclusion These findings may provide new insights into understanding the epidemiological features of HER2 expression and amplification,and may be valuable for clinical practice.
基金funded by the Shandong Province Natural Fund Project(Y2008C114)
文摘Objective:To study the clinical pathologic characteristics ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/neu in gastric cancer and the correlation ofβ-catenin and Ki67 to the protein expression and gene conditions of Her-2/Neu.Methods:The protein expression ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu was detected by immunohistochemistry in 101 cases of gastric cancer and the gene conditions of Her-2/Neu by fluorescence in situ hybridization(FISH).Results:The protein expression ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu had close relationship with the clinical pathologic characteristics of gastric cancer.Theβ-catenin and Ki67 had obvious correlation to the differentiation,infiltration and lymphatic metastasis of the gastric cancer(P<0.05).The Ki67 had close relationship with the tumor-node-metastasis staging staging of gastric cancer(P<0.05).Her-2/Neu had close relationship with the differentiation and tumor-node-metastasis staging of gastric cancer(P<0.05)but had no relationship with the infiltration and lymphatic metastasis of the gastric cancer(P<0.05).The protein expression of Ki67 had significantly positive correlation to the protein expression and gene amplification conditions of Her-2/Neu(r=0.567,P<0.05 for protein;r=0.304,P<0.05 for gene).Conclusions:Combined detection ofβ-catenin,Ki67 and Her-2/Neu can be used as a reliable method to help the observation of biological behavior,diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer,and Ki67 can be used to serve the preliminary screening of Her-2/Neu gene state.
文摘目的探讨用荧光原位杂交(fluorescent in situ hybridization,FISH)方法检测乳腺癌HER-2/neu基因表达的临床意义。方法应用FISH法对2008年1月至2008年7月在首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院就诊的33例女性新发乳腺癌患者进行HER-2/neu基因检测,分析基因表达程度与临床病理特征之间的关系,比较基因和免疫组化(IHC)法蛋白表达的差别。结果33位受试者中HER-2/neu基因过表达率为39.4%,其过表达与肿瘤大小、绝经与否、临床分期之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。该基因在有腋淋巴结转移组显著高于无淋巴结转移组(P<0.05),ER阴性组高于ER阳性组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。PR阴性组与阳性组间差异无统计学意义。P53基因阳性组显著高于阴性组(P<0.05)。HER-2/neu基因过表达者11例为免疫组化HER-2蛋白强阳性病例;2例为中度阳性病例。结论FISH技术可稳定检测乳腺癌中HER-2/neu基因的表达程度,其过表达与绝经与否、肿瘤大小、临床分期无关,与腋淋巴结转移和P53基因表达成正相关,与ER呈密切负相关。HER-2蛋白高强度表达(3+)与基因扩增有极好的一致性,而中等强度表达(2+)必须进一步行FISH法基因检测。
文摘目的检测郑氏植物蛋白片段(Zheng’s plant protein segment,ZPPS)在乳腺癌中的表达,探讨其临床病理联系及其与Her-2基因表达的相关性。方法应用免疫组化SP法检测51例乳腺癌与23例正常乳腺组织中ZPPS的表达;应用FISH技术检测Her-2基因在乳腺癌中的表达。结果正常乳腺组织中,8例ZPPS呈阳性表达,阳性率为34.78%;乳腺癌组织中,38例ZPPS呈阳性表达,阳性率为74.51%,二者表达差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。51例乳腺癌中Her-2基因扩增率为39.22%,ZPPS阳性表达与FISH检测Her-2基因扩增呈负相关(P<0.05)。ZPPS的表达与淋巴结转移呈负相关(P<0.05)。结论标记ZPPS对乳腺癌的诊断及判定淋巴结转移具有实用价值。因在乳腺癌中ZPPS的表达与Her-2基因扩增呈负相关,所以临床病理工作中可选择ZPPS阴性病例进行FISH检测,从而减少盲目进行FISH基因扩增和Herceptin分子靶向治疗的病例。