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The Role of Immunohistochemical Biomarkers as Prognostic Factors by the Use of a Tissue Microarray in Breast Cancer Patients Under 45-years-old  

Kim, Eun-Seog (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Choi, Doo-Ho (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Jin, So-Young (Departments of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Lee, Dong-Wha (Departments of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Park, Hee-Sook (Departments of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Lee, Min-Hyuk (Departments of General Surgery, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Won, Jong-Ho (Departments of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Kim, Yong-Ho (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Lee, Kyu-Taek (Departments of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
Kim, Sung-Yong (Departments of General Surgery, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
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Radiation Oncology Journal / v.26, no.1, 2008 , pp. 45-55 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study evaluates the association of estrogen receptor(ER), progesterone receptor(PR), Her-2, COX-2, and survivin with the clinicopathological features and outcomes in young Korean women with breast cancer using recently developed tissue microarray(TMA) technology. Materials and Methods: A cohort of 212 young patients with breast cancer diagnosed at the age of 45 years or younger from March 1994 to August 2005, were enrolled in this study. The age range of patients was $23{\sim}45$ years(median age, 39 years). The minimum and median follow-up periods were 24 months and 60 months, respectively. Serial sections of primary tumors were processed by the use of a TMA for immunohistochemical staining for five biomarkers. The correlation of these five biomarkers and the clinicopathological features and outcomes were analyzed by statistical methods. Results: The majority of the patients were stage T1(90 patients) or T2(101 patients), and 105 patients(49.5%) had an axillary node metastasis. The 5-year overall and relapse free survival rates for all of the patients were 90.4% and 82.3%, respectively, and 36 patients had a locoregional or distant metastasis as a first event. Positive expression of ER, PR, Her-2, COX-2, and survivin was determined in 38.2%, 45.3%, 25.9%, 41.5%, and 43.4%, of the tumor samples, respectively. Tumor stage, nodal status, age, as well as expression of ER, PR, and HER-2 status were significantly associated with the disease free survival rate. Tumor stage, nodal status, as well as expression of ER, PR, and HER-2 were significantly related with the overall survival rate. Expression of COX-2 and survivin were not single independent prognostic factors for the disease free and overall survival rate although co-expression of HER-2 and COX-2 had a tendency as a poor prognostic factor. By multivariate analysis, only T stage and lymph node status were significant prognostic factors, and ER status was a marginally significant prognostic factor(p=0.075). Conclusion: Expression of ER, PR and HER-2 were significant prognostic factors for the relapse free and overall survival rate. Expression of COX-2 and survivin were not prognostic factors for young women with breast cancer.
Keywords
Breast cancer; Tissue microarray; Biomarkers;
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