KURODA Hajime
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Overexpression of Her2/neu, estrogen and progesterone receptors in invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast.
Journal Formal name:Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
Abbreviation:Breast Cancer
ISSN code:13406868/13406868
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 11(3),pp.301-6
Author and coauthor Kuroda Hajime†*, Sakamoto Goi, Ohnisi Kiyoshi, Itoyama Shinji
Authorship Lead author,Corresponding author
Publication date 2004
Summary BACKGROUND:Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMC) of the breast is a rare subtype of breast carcinoma that has an extremely high incidence of lymph node metastasis and poor clinical outcome. Furthermore, there has been interest in the prognostic markers related to the biological characteristics of breast carcinoma, such as the status of Her2/neu, estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR).MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed 671 cases of primary breast carcinoma which were surgically resected between 1990 and 2003. Of these, 27 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast with a pure or partial micropapillary component were reported. Tests for Her2/neu protein, estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) were performed on paraffin sections. The relationship among these markers was analyzed and statistical significance determined by chi-square test.CONCLUSION:The rate of Her2/neu protein overexpression, ER and PgR status was quite similar to those of common breast carcinomas.
DOI 10.1007/BF02984553
PMID 15550850