title: Amplification of the c-erbB-2 gene in gastric carcinoma: correlation with survival.
abstract: c-erbB-2 gene amplification was examined by slot blot hybridization using DNAs extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues of primary gastric carcinomas. Eleven of the 82 carcinomas (13.4%) exhibited amplification. Twenty-eight carcinomas (34.1%) expressed c-erbB-2 protein immunohistochemically. All of the tumors with amplified c-erbB-2 genes had expression of c-erbB-2 protein. The incidence of diploid and aneuploid tumors with c-erbB-2 gene amplification was similar. The survival rate was significantly lower in cases with c-erbB-2 gene amplification. Furthermore, patients with tumors showing a combination of c-erbB-2 gene amplification and DNA aneuploidy had the poorest prognosis. c-erbB-2 gene amplification may be an important prognostic indicator in gastric carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsugawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fushida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonemura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000782:Aneuploidy; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004171:Diploidy; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases