title: Plasma c-erbB2 concentrations in relation to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.
abstract: Amplification and overexpression of the C-ERBB2 oncogene have been associated with a poor prognosis and a lower response to chemotherapy in human breast cancer. In this study, plasma c-erbB2 concentrations were determined using an enzyme immunoassay in patients with breast cancer. The links between c-erbB2 concentration and tumoral response to chemotherapy were established. The patients with a c-erbB2 concentration higher than the cut-off value (27 U/ml) were considered as c-erbB2+. Ten of the 33 metastatic breast cancers were c-erbB2+. No statistically significant difference in response to chemotherapy was noted between c-erbB2+ and c-erbB2- patients (4/10 objective responses versus 10/23). Variations in c-erbB2 concentrations during treatment were not related to response to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire Humaine, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Revillion
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hebbar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonneterre
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Peyrat
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases