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ArticleOncotarget2018

Co-expression and prognostic significance of the HER family members, EGFRvIII, c-MET, CD44 in patients with ovarian cancer.

Soozana Puvanenthiran, Sharadah Essapen, Ben Haagsma, Izhar Bagwan, Margaret Green, Said Abdullah Khelwatty, Alan Seddon, Helmout Modjtahedi

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soozana PuvanenthiranSchool of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston, UK.
Sharadah EssapenSt Luke's Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
Ben HaagsmaDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
Izhar BagwanDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
Margaret GreenDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
Said Abdullah KhelwattySchool of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston, UK.
Alan SeddonSchool of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston, UK.
Helmout ModjtahediSchool of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston, UK.
Kingston University · GBRoyal Surrey County Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EGFR and HER-2 are important targets but none of the monoclonal antibodies or small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors specific for the HER members has been approved for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancers. In some studies, co-expression of other growth factor receptors has been associated with resistance to therapy with the HER inhibitors. The aim of the present study was to determine the relative expression, cellular location, and prognostic significance of HER-family members, the EGFR mutant (EGFRvIII) c-MET, IGF-1R and the cancer stem cell biomarker CD44 in 60 patients with FIGO stage III and IV ovarian cancer. At cut off >5% of tumour cells with positive staining, 62%, 59%, 65% and 45% of the cases were EGFR, HER-2, HER-3 and HER-4 positive, and 3%, 22% and 48.3% of the cases were positive for EGFRvIII, c-MET, and CD44 respectively. Interestingly, 23% co-expressed all four members of the HER family. On univariate analysis, only EGFR staining at >50% of tumour cells (HR = 3.57,

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CD44c-METHER family membersovarian cancerprognosis

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PMID29731973
PMCPMC5929416
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