title: [Hormone receptor determination in breast carcinoma tissue. Comparison of recent immunohistologic techniques with biochemical receptor testing].
abstract: For evaluation of the hormone receptor status in breast cancer tissues two methods are mainly used: immunohistochemical detection by monoclonal antibodies on frozen sections (ER-ICA, PgR-ICA) and the biochemical radioligand-binding assay (DCC) of fresh tissue. Using new antibodies makes it possible to evaluate the estrogen and progesterone receptor status in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue. In the present retrospective study, tissues from 223 primary breast carcinomas or breast carcinoma recurrences were re-evaluated with the three methods mentioned above and the results were compared. We used antibody 1D5.26 reacting with the estrogen receptor and mPR1 specific for the progesterone receptor in paraffin-embedded tissue. The agreement of positive and negative cases between these two immunohistochemical procedures was 97.8% for the estrogen receptor and 85.7% for the progesterone receptor. Comparison of immunohistochemistry on paraffin-embedded tissue and biochemical evaluation showed an agreement of 74.7% for the estrogen receptor and 68.7% for the progesterone receptor. These results are comparable to the correspondence between ER-ICA and PgR-ICA and the DCC method. This study proves that the prognostically and therapeutically important hormone receptors can be reliably determined in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues. These results are not only important for the evaluation of hormone receptors of a small breast carcinoma that is not found in the frozen section, but for the considerable difference in costs among the different methods.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Mainz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilkens
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weikel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brumm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pollow
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000473:pathology*; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
vernacular_title: Hormonrezeptorbestimmung am Mammakarzinomgewebe. Vergleich neuer immunhistologischer Techniken mit der biochemischen Rezeptortestung.