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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology1995

Prognostic value of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and c-erbB-2 compared with conventional histopathological factors in breast cancer.

I Schönborn, W Zschiesche, C Minguillon, E Spitzer, M Möhner, K Ebeling, R Grosse

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

I SchönbornDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Rudolf Virchow Charlottenburg, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
W Zschiesche
C Minguillon
E Spitzer
M Möhner
K Ebeling
R Grosse
Freie Universität Berlin · DEHaukeland University Hospital · NOMax Delbrück Center · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and c-erbB-2 oncoprotein has been assessed in 471 women with breast cancer to evaluate their prognostic value as compared to conventional histopathological factors. In univariate analysis, high PCNA expression (> or = 20%) predicted a significantly worse survival in lymph-node-negative tumors (univariate P = 0.031). However, the effect disappeared in multivariate analysis and the histological grade remained the only independent factor for this group. Despite its close correlation to histological grade (P < 0.001), PCNA expression discriminated subsets with different survival within the heterogeneous group of moderately differentiated tumors (univariate P = 0.073, multivariate P = 0.075). PCNA expression was not found to be a significant prognostic factor in lymph-node-positive tumors, thus it was of limited value for breast cancer patients as a whole. c-erbB-2 protein overexpression was associated with a worse survival (univariate P = 0.019, multivariate P = 0.057) for the entire group of patients. The effect was mainly attributed to the significance of c-erbB-2 as an independent factor in lymph-node-positive (up to three nodes, multivariate P = 0.04; four or more nodes: multivariate P = 0.017) and large tumors (> 2 cm: multivariate P = 0.002). c-erbB-2 was without significance in lymph-node-negative patients. Though both factors might amplify the prognostic information for distinct patient subsets they do not achieve the strong prognostic value of conventional histopathological features in breast cancer.

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AdultBreast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenSurvival RateErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesProliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen

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PMID7883773
PMCPMC12201388
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