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ArticleInternational journal of women's health2020

Hormonal Receptors, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 and Triple Negative Immunohistochemical Typing in Women with Breast Cancer in Kampala, Uganda.

Angela T Mlole, James J Yahaya, Emmanuel Othieno, Sam Kalungi, Andrew L Okwi

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Article in International journal of women's health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Angela T MloleDepartment of Pathology, Makerere College of Health Sciences (MaKCHS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
James J YahayaDepartment of Biomedical Science, College of Health Science (CHS), The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0003-3647-5262
Emmanuel OthienoDepartment of Pathology, Mulago National Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-9298-5529
Sam KalungiDepartment of Pathology, Mulago National Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew L OkwiDepartment of Pathology, Makerere College of Health Sciences (MaKCHS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Abstract

backgroundThe expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) has been reported to have an invaluable prognostic role. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of ER, PR and HER2 in women with breast cancer (BC) in Kampala, Uganda.

methodsExpression of ER, PR and HER2 was determined immunohistochemically. Logistic regression was performed to determine the effect of the independent factors in predicting the risk of not expressing the breast markers. A two-tailed p<0.05 was regarded to be statistically significant.

resultsER, PR and HER2 were expressed in 53.4%, 46.6% and 18.5%, respectively. ER and PR co-expression was present in 42.7% and 37.9% patients had triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Age was an independent predictor of expression of ER (AOR = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.062-0.541, p = 0.002) and PR (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.129-0.968, p = 0.043).

conclusionThe majority of patients in this study had less than 50 years with high tumour grade. Interestingly, most of them had high expression of HER2 with TNBC which are molecular subtypes of BC with poor prognosis. Age was an independent predictor of expression of both ER and PR.

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breast cancerHER2hormonal receptorstriple negativeUganda

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