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ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 892-897Publisher
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DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm006
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chromogenic in situ hybridization; extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; HER-2/neu; immunohistochemistry
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Background: In cholangiocarcinoma (CC), HER-2/neu protein overexpression has rarely been reported and the results are conflicting. The present study aimed to clarify the rates of HER-2/neu protein overexpression and gene amplification in human extrahepatic CC and to evaluate the correlation between HER-2/neu and several clinicopathologic features. Patients and methods: We investigated HER-2 gene amplification by chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) and HER-2/neu protein overexpression by immunohistochemistry in 55 extrahepatic CC patients who underwent curative surgery at our institution. Results: Overexpression of HER-2/neu protein (staining intensity score >= 2) was found in 16 out of 55 patients (29.1%). CISH revealed that HER-2 gene signals were increased in 10 out of 55 patients (18.1%). There was a positive and significant correlation between HER-2 gene amplification and HER-2/neu protein overexpression (Spearman's rho = 0.718, P < 0.01). In subgroup with lymph node metastases, HER-2 gene amplification by CISH was significant prognostic factor for survival (OR 43.6, 95% confidence interval 1.6-1219.6). Conclusions: HER-2/neu protein overexpression by HEP-2 gene amplification may occur in human extrahepatic CC and constitute an independent prognostic factor in patients with lymph node metastases. In subgroup with lymph node metastases who exhibit HER-2/neu overexpression might constitute potential candidates for new adjuvant therapy, such as humanized monoclonal antibodies.
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