Molecular alterations in key-regulator genes among patients with T4 breast carcinoma.
BMC Cancer
; 10: 458, 2010 Aug 24.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prognostic factors in patients who are diagnosed with T4 breast carcinomas are widely awaited. We here evaluated the clinical role of some molecular alterations involved in tumorigenesis in a well-characterized cohort of T4 breast cancer patients with a long follow-up period.METHODS:
A consecutive series of 53 patients with T4 breast carcinoma was enrolled between 1992 and 2001 in Sardinia, and observed up for a median of 125 months. Archival paraffin-embedded tissue sections were used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses, in order to assess alterations in expression levels of survivin, p53, and pERK1-2 proteins as well as in amplification of CyclinD1 and h-prune genes. The Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods were used for survival assessment and statistical analysis.RESULTS:
Overall, patients carrying increased expression of pERK1-2 (p = 0.027) and survivin (p = 0.008) proteins as well as amplification of h-prune gene (p = 0.045) presented a statistically-significant poorer overall survival in comparison with cases found negative for such alterations. After multivariate analysis, the pathological response to primary chemotherapy and the survivin overexpression in primary carcinoma represented the main parameters with a role as independent prognostic factors in our series.CONCLUSIONS:
Although retrospective, our study identified some molecular parameters with a significant impact on prediction of the response to therapy or prognosis among T4 breast cancer patients. Further large prospective studies are needed in order to validate the use of such markers for the management of these patients.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Proteínas Portadoras
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica
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Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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Proteína Quinasa 1 Activada por Mitógenos
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Ciclina D1
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Proteína Quinasa 3 Activada por Mitógenos
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Proteínas Asociadas a Microtúbulos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Cancer
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia