HER-3 expression in HER-2-amplified breast carcinoma

Jacek Czopek; Janusz Pawlęga; Kamil Fijorek; Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu; Paweł Różanowski; Krzysztof Okoń

doi:10.5114/wo.2013.38564

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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

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Original paper

HER-3 expression in HER-2-amplified breast carcinoma

Jacek Czopek

,

Janusz Pawlęga

,

Kamil Fijorek

,

Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu

,

Paweł Różanowski

,

Krzysztof Okoń

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2013; 17 (5): 446–449

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2013.38564

Online publish date: 2013/11/14

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Aim of the study: To determine whether the expression of HER-3 influences the survival of HER-2 positive patients with breast cancer (BC).

Material and methods: In the present work, the expression of HER-3 in a group of 35 HER-2 positive patients with BC was studied by performing immunohistochemistry (IHC) in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues.

Results: Higher HER-3 status if estimated by IHC correlated significantly with older age of the patients. HER-3 expression did not correlate with estrogen or progesterone receptor status, pT or pN. There was also no significant difference in disease-free or overall survival (DFS and OS) between groups with different HER-3 expression, although some tendencies were seen as HER-3 expression in over 50% of cells was a factor of worse 5- and 10-year survival.

Conclusions: Further studies should be performed on a larger group of patients to confirm the prognostic role of HER-3 status determined by IHC in BC.

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HER-3 expression in HER-2-amplified breast carcinoma

Jacek Czopek , Janusz Pawlęga , Kamil Fijorek , Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu , Paweł Różanowski , Krzysztof Okoń

HER-2, HER-3, immunohistochemistry, prognostic factor

Jacek Czopek

,

Janusz Pawlęga

,

Kamil Fijorek

,

Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu

,

Paweł Różanowski

,

Krzysztof Okoń