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ArticleJournal of breast cancer2012

HER2 Status by Standardized Immunohistochemistry and Silver-Enhanced In Situ Hybridization in Korean Breast Cancer.

Young Kyung Bae, Gyungyub Gong, Jun Kang, Ahwon Lee, Eun Yoon Cho, Ji Shin Lee, Kwang-Sun Suh, Dong Wha Lee, Woo Hee Jung, Breast Pathology Study Group of Korean Society of Pathologists

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Article in Journal of breast cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Young Kyung BaeDepartment of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Gyungyub Gong
Jun Kang
Ahwon Lee
Eun Yoon Cho
Ji Shin Lee
Kwang-Sun Suh
Dong Wha Lee
Woo Hee Jung
Breast Pathology Study Group of Korean Society of Pathologists
Catholic University of Korea · KRChonnam National University Hospital · KRChungnam National University · KRInje University Haeundae Paik Hospital · KRSamsung Medical Center · KRSeverance Hospital · KRSoonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul · KRUlsan College · KRYeungnam University College

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Abstract

purposeAmplification of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene occurs in 18% to 20% of breast cancers, and it is recognized as a prognostic and predictive marker. We investigated the HER2 status in Korean breast cancer by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and silver-enhanced in situ hybridization (SISH), as the first step toward building a nationwide quality assurance program for HER2 testing.

methodsA total of 1,198 breast carcinoma samples were collected from six institutions and IHC and SISH were performed using tissue microarrays in central laboratories. The results were compared to those of local laboratories.

resultsAvailable data were obtained from 959 samples. Central IHC results were negative, equivocal, and positive for 756 (78.8%; range among institutions, 76.8-81.8%), 37 (3.9%; 1.9-6.2%), and 166 (17.3%; 13.6-20%), respectively. SISH results were negative, equivocal, and positive for 756 (78.8%; 77.4-79.9%), 2 (0.2%; 0-0.7%), and 201 (21%; 20.1-22.2%), respectively. HER2 gene amplification was observed in 4.4%, 19%, and 73.9% of the negative, equivocal and positive groups stratified by local IHC results, respectively. When central SISH was considered to be the gold standard method for measuring HER2 status, the false-negative and false-positive rates of local IHC were 14.4% (29/201) and 7.1% (54/756). The concordance rate between central IHC and SISH was 98.4%.

conclusionCentral IHC and SISH markedly decreased the interlaboratory variability of HER2 status and the results of the two were highly concordant. The quality control program for HER2 testing must be focused on decreasing both the false negativity and positivity of IHC in local laboratories.

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Breast neoplasmsHER2 geneImmunohistochemistrySilver-enhanced in situ hybridization

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