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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

Conversion of ER, PR, HER2 and Ki-67 and Prognosis in breast cancer metastases to the brain.

Chen Jiaxin, Zhou Jinmei, Zhang Huiqiang, Wu Xuexue, Wang Xiaobo, Zhang Shaohua, Tai Yanhong, Jiang Zefei, Wang Tao

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chen JiaxinDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital/Chinese PLA Medical School, Beijing, China.
Zhou JinmeiDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhang HuiqiangDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wu XuexueDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wang XiaoboDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhang ShaohuaDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tai YanhongDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jiang ZefeiDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wang TaoDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital/Chinese PLA Medical School, Beijing, China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the expression levels of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2), and Ki-67 proliferation index in the brain metastatic lesions and primary lesions in Chinese patients with breast cancer brain metastasis (BCBM) and determine the correlation between their changes and patients' survival. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with BCBM. The clinical characteristic of these patients was collected. The differences in the expression levels of the ER, PR, HER-2, and Ki-67 index between the primary lesions and brain lesions were evaluated, and the association between the differences and survival was analyzed. Results: The conversion rate of anyone receptor (ER, PR, or HER2) between the primary lesions and brain metastatic lesions was 45.0% (18/40), of which the ER inconsistency rate was 25.0%, the PR inconsistency rate was 22.5%, and the HER-2 inconsistency rate was 15.0%, and the receptor conversion resulted in a subtype conversion of 27.5% (11/40). The patients with HER-2 expression discordance between the primary lesions and the brain metastatic lesions had significantly longer survival times (58.9 vs. 26.4 months, Conclusion: In this study, 45.0% of breast cancer patients developed biomarker-conversion between the primary lesions and brain metastatic lesions, and the differences in the expression levels of the ER, PR, and HER-2, the change in Ki-67 index between the primary lesions and brain lesions may predict patients' survival.

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brain metastasesbreast cancerERHER-2PR

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