title: der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) in breast cancer detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization is an indicator of better patient prognosis.
abstract: By two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), der(16)t(1;16) or der(1;16) was frequently detected in low-grade papillary carcinoma but not in benign intraductal papilloma of the breast. In order to clarify the incidence and clinicopathological significance of der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) in common breast cancers, der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) was examined by two-color FISH in breast cancers resected from 51 patients by using DNA probes for 16cen, 16q11.2, and 1q12 labeled with biotin or digoxigenin. der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) was clonally detected in 16 cancers (31%), being more frequent in ductal carcinomas of lower grade and invasive lobular carcinoma than in high-grade invasive ductal carcinoma (P<0.001). der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) was also correlated with a higher amount of hormone receptors in the tumor (P<0.05). Disease-free and overall survival rates of the patient group with der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16)-positive cancer were higher (88% and 94%) than those of the group with der(16)t(1;16)/der(1; 16)-negative cancer (39% and 68%) (P<0.05). Among the 16 patients with lymph node metastasis who received one of two similar forms of postsurgical adjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy, the prognosis of those with der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16)-positive cancer was better than that of those with der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16)-negative cancer (P<0.05). der(16)t(1;16)/der(1;16) detected by FISH is considered helpful in identifying patients with a better prognosis and for stratification of patients in randomized clinical trials of adjuvant chemo-endocrine therapies.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. hstsuda@gan2.ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takarabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukutomi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers