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ArticleDer Pathologe2014

[Determination of proliferation in breast cancer by immunohistochemical detection of Ki-67].

M Christgen, W Winkens, H H Kreipe

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Article in Der Pathologe, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M ChristgenInstitut für Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
W Winkens
H H Kreipe
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene expression profiling has demonstrated the prognostic relevance of genes associated with proliferation in breast cancer. The immunohistochemical marker Ki-67 enables routine assessment of proliferation activity in pathology. In a number of retrospective but only few prospective studies the prognostic relevance of Ki-67 in breast cancer could be shown. Although there is no standardized approach with regard to which area of a histological section and how many cells should be counted in a quantitative or semiquantitative fashion as well as to the threshold, Ki-67 is broadly applied in breast pathology. This can be explained by the good reproducibility of the degree of proliferation assessed by Ki-67, at least in the low and high ranges, the possibility to substantiate grading and better practicability in core biopsies in comparison to mitotic counting. In neoadjuvant therapy of hormone receptor positive breast cancer, Ki-67 can probably predict the efficacy of pure hormone receptor blockade without chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Cell ProliferationBiomarkers, TumorBiopsy, NeedleBreastBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, DuctalCombined Modality TherapyErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesKi-67 AntigenNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm GradingNeoplasms, Hormone-DependentBiomarkers, TumorERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesKi-67 AntigenReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, Progesterone

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PMID24414612
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