title: Immunodetection of HER-2/neu protein in frozen sections evaluated by image analysis: correlation with overall and disease-free survival in breast carcinomas.
abstract: The immunodetection of HER-2/neu oncogene product was performed in 108 breast carcinomas using immunoperoxidase technique. Monoclonal anti HER-2/neu protein was applied on frozen sections. Immunoprecipitates were evaluated by a computerized system of image analysis (SAMBA). The percentage of the immunostained tissue surfaces and mean optical densities were correlated with the 5 year overall and disease-free survival rates. It was shown that in optimal conditions of antigen preservation and standardized method of immunoprecipitates evaluation, 67% of breast carcinomas were more than 20% pHER-2/neu positive. The pHER-2/neu overexpression was not significantly correlated with the overall 5 year survival. However large positive anti pHER-2/neu surfaces were correlated with higher risk of recurrence (p = 0.0013) and of metastases (p = 0.035).
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charpin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devictor
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrac
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Lavaut
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allasia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000737:chemistry / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases