scholarly journals Estrogen Receptors, Progesterone Receptors and their Correlation with respect to HER-2/neu Status, Histological Grade, Size of Lesion, Lymph node Metastasis, Lymphovascular Involvement and Age in Breast Cancer patients in a hospital in north India

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mushood G. Nabi ◽  
Andleeb Ahangar ◽  
Subiya Kaneez

Background: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer overall (1.4 million cases, 10.9%) and ranks 5th as cause of death (458,000. 6.1%).The present study was aimed to find the pattern of expression of ER, PR, HER-2/neu and to correlate ER, PR status with respect to various clinicopathlogical factors like HER-2/neu over expression, histological grade, tumor size, lymphnode metastasis, lymphovascular invasion and age of the patient.Materials and Methods: Data from 139 patients was collected and correlation of ER, PR status with various clinicopathological factors was analysed.Results: Mean age at diagnosis was 48.5 years, 56.8% cases being ?50years of age. Tumor size ranged from 1 to 12 cm. Most lesions (57.5%) were>2 to 5 cm in size. The predominant morphology was Infiltrating Duct carcinoma-NOS (90.6%). Majority of cases presented as grade II(46.7%) lesions and lymph node involvement was seen in 66.9%. 49.6% cases were ER+, 49.6% cases were PR+, and HER-2/neu was positive (3+) in 15.8% cases. Older patients were mostly ER+PR+. Low grade tumors were mostly ER+PR+ as compared to high grade tumors. HER-2/neu status revealed an inverse association with hormone receptor positivity. No correlation was found between hormone receptor positivity and lymph node metastasis. Lymphovascular involvement was noted more in hormone negative ER-PR- tumors.Conclusion:  ER and PR expression in our patients was found to be comparable to the studies done in Indian subcontinent, but lower than studies done in west, but triple negative breast cancer prevalence was relatively higher in our study (34.5%).Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 7(3) 2016 28-34

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (27_suppl) ◽  
pp. 20-20
Author(s):  
Inhye Park ◽  
Jiyoung Kim ◽  
Se-Kyung Lee ◽  
Min-Young Choi ◽  
Su Yeon Bae ◽  
...  

20 Background: Medullary carcinoma (MC) represents a rare breast cancer subtype associated with a rather favorable prognosis compared with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). It is characterized by the high-grade structure and lymphocytic infiltration, hemorrhagic necrosis. The purpose of this study is to compare the clinicopathologic characteristics and outcome of MC to IDC. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with invasive breast cancer managed with operation at Samsung Medical Center in Korea from January 1995 to June 2010 except patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, patients with distant metastasis at diagnosis or neoadjuvant chemotherapy. 52 cases were identified with MC; 5,716 patients with IDC. The clinicopathologic features, disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) for patients with MC were compared with those of the IDC patients. Results: The medullary group presented at younger age (43.9 ± 8.8 vs 47.7 ± 9.9, p=0.006). Also the medullary group was significantly associated with higher histological grade (poor; 80.0 vs 38.3%, p=0.003) and nuclear grade (grade3; 82.8 vs 41.7%, p<0.001) as well as negative ER (84.8 vs 31.0%, p<0.001) and PR status (91.3 vs 38.8%, p<0.001) regarded as poor prognostic factors. But lymphatic invasion was rare (0.0 vs 29.8%, p<0.001) and N stage was low (N0; 86.5 vs 58.4%, p<0.001). The DFS and OS were not significantly different between the medullary and IDC groups. (5-yr DFS : 88.0 vs 89.2 %, p=0.917, 5-yr OS : 94.4 vs 93.4%, p=0.502) In multivariable analysis, factors associated with DFS and OS included nuclear grade, histological grade, tumor size, lymph node metastasis, ER/PR/C-erbB2 status, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. When adjusting for other factors, histological type itself did not show significant difference from IDC in DFS and OS. Conclusions: Despite MC present specific clinicopathologic features, prognosis is not different from IDC and determined by already known prognostic factors such as tumor size, lymph node metastasis. Therefore, the patients with MC also need aggressive treatment like IDC.


2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (11) ◽  
pp. 1229-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Mayer ◽  
Axel zur Hausen ◽  
Dirk Otto Watermann ◽  
Stefan Stamm ◽  
Markus Jäger ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Ahadi ◽  
Motahareh Heibatollahi ◽  
Sara Zahedifard

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent neoplasm diagnosed in Iranian women. Objectives: The current study was performed to measure the hormone receptor status and its possible connection with the patient’s age, tumor size, histological grade, and lymph node status and involvement in patients with invasive ductal breast cancer (IDBC) Methods: A total of 103 women with IDBC recently diagnosed at the Department of Pathology of Shohada-E-Tajrish Hospital were entered into this study. The mean age of the patients was 48.4 years, and 59.2% of cases were 50 years old or less. Results: Most lesions (78.6%) were more than 2 cm at their greatest dimension. Grade-II lesions were observed in a large number of patients and 59.8% of cases had lymph node involvement. Positive ER, PR, and HER-2/neu were detected in 59%, 57%, and 29% of patients, respectively. A significant correlation was found between patients’ age and histologic score, tumor dimension and both histologic score and nuclear grade, and, finally, between lymph node involvement and nuclear grade. Conclusions: According to previous studies, the evaluation of hormone receptor status in patients with breast cancer is strongly recommended. Here, by studying its possible connection with the patient’s age, tumor size, histological grade, and lymph node metastasis, we detected some biomarkers, which could be used as prognostic indices in these patients. These biomarkers could help us in the clinical management of patients with IDBC by providing the best therapeutic options.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Gu ◽  
Dandan Chen ◽  
Zhiqiang li ◽  
Yongliang Yang ◽  
Zhaoming Ma ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose: This meta-analysis investigated the relationships between the CD44+/CD24- phenotype and tumor size, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) in 8036 postoperative breast cancer patients enrolled in 23 studies.Methods: A literature search of PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, Embase, and PMC was conducted to identify eligible studies. The combined odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) were analyzed to evaluate the relationships between the CD44+/CD24- phenotype and the pathological and biological characteristics of breast cancer patients, and the combined hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were calculated to evaluate the relationships between CD44+/CD24- and DFS and OS of breast cancer petients using Stata12.0 software.Results: The CD44+/CD24- phenotype were not related to the tumor size (tumor size > 2.0 cm vs ≤ 2.0 cm, combined OR = 0.98, 95%CI: 0.68–1.34, p = 0.792) and didn’t promote lymph node metastasis (lymph node metastasis vs. no lymph node metastasis, combined OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.71–1.26, p = 0.692) and distant metastasis (distant metastasis vs no distant metastasis, combined OR = 3.88, 95% CI: 0.93–16.24, p = 0.064). The CD44+/CD24- phenotype was negatively correlated with postoperative DFS (HR = 1.67, 95% CI: 1.35–2.07, p <0.00001) and OS (combined HR = 1.52, 95%CI: 1.21–1.91, p = 0.0004).Conclusion: These results suggested expression of the CD44+/CD24- phenotype can be used as a reliable indicator of clinical prognosis and a potential therapeutic targets in breastcancer patients.


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