title: Expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in primary breast cancer: immunohistochemical analysis.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) has been implicated in regulation in tumor growth. The results of previous studies performed by radioimmunoassay are conflicting, and the prognostic significance of IGF-1R expression in primary breast cancer is still controversial. IGF-1R expression was evaluated in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue of 210 primary breast cancer patients by using anti-IGF-1R antibody. The clinicopathologic variables and 5-year disease-free survival were studied, and their correlations between IGF-1R expressions were investigated. IGF-1R overexpression was observed in 43.8% of tumors. IGF-1R overexpression had no correlation with prognosis or with other clinicopathologic parameters, such as age, tumor size, nodal status, histologic grade, hormone receptor status, and human epidermal growth factor 2 status. Though its prognostic value in breast cancer is limited, immunohistochemical evaluation of IGF-1R by using this monoclonal antibody may be useful in translational research using archived material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1