Prognostic value of proliferation markers expression in breast cancer.
Summary of "Prognostic value of proliferation markers expression in breast cancer."
In this study, immunohistochemical expression of five proliferation markers: Ki-67, aurora-A kinase, survivin, B-Myb and cyclin B1, was analyzed. Consecutive 215 tumor samples from breast cancer patients operated from 2002 to 2003 were analyzed using the TMA ("tissue microarray") method. The median follow-up was 95 months (from 7.8 to 107 months). Statistically significant correlations between expression levels in five proliferation markers, and correlations between some of the proliferation markers and traditional prognostic factors were found. Statistically significant prognostic influence of aurora-A kinase, survivin and B-Myb expression levels on overall and disease-free survival was found, and cyclin B1 expression level on disease-free survival. A multivariate analysis confirmed survivin and B-Myb expression as independent prognostic factors of overall (p = 0.0195; p = 0.0004) and disease-free survival (p = 0.0107 and p = 0.0205) in breast cancer patients.
Affiliation
Division of Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia, natalija.dedic-plavetic@zg.t-com.hr.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England)
ISSN: 1559-131X
Pages: 523
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23468220
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12032-013-0523-x
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mucin-1
Carbohydrate antigen elevated in patients with tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate as well as other disorders. The mucin is expressed normally by most glandular epithelia but shows particularly increased expression in the breast at lactation and in malignancy. It is thus an established serum marker for breast cancer.
Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms
Metastatic breast cancer characterized by EDEMA and ERYTHEMA of the affected breast due to LYMPHATIC METASTASIS and eventual obstruction of LYMPHATIC VESSELS by the cancer cells.
Fibrocystic Breast Disease
A common and benign breast disease characterized by varying degree of fibrocystic changes in the breast tissue. There are three major patterns of morphological changes, including FIBROSIS, formation of CYSTS, and proliferation of glandular tissue (adenosis). The fibrocystic breast has a dense irregular, lumpy, bumpy consistency.
Carcinoma, Lobular
A infiltrating (invasive) breast cancer, relatively uncommon, accounting for only 5%-10% of breast tumors in most series. It is often an area of ill-defined thickening in the breast, in contrast to the dominant lump characteristic of ductal carcinoma. It is typically composed of small cells in a linear arrangement with a tendency to grow around ducts and lobules. There is likelihood of axillary nodal involvement with metastasis to meningeal and serosal surfaces. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1205)
Breast Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.
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