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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2013;35(3):97-102
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032013000300002
PURPOSE:To compare the prognostic and predictive features between in situ and invasive components of ductal breast carcinomas. METHODS:We selected 146 consecutive breast samples with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) associated with adjacent invasive breast carcinoma (IBC). We evaluated nuclear grade and immunohistochemical expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in both components, in situ and invasive, and the Ki-67 percentage of cells in the invasive part. The DCIS and IBC were classified in molecular surrogate types determined by the immunohistochemical profile as luminal (RE/PR-positive/ HER2-negative), triple-positive (RE/RP/HER2-positive), HER2-enriched (ER/PR-negative/HER2-positive), and triple-negative (RE/RP/HER2-negative). Discrimination between luminal A and luminal B was not performed due to statistical purposes. Correlations between the categories in the two groups were made using the Spearman correlation method. RESULTS:There was a significant correlation between nuclear grade (p<0.0001), expression of RE/RP (p<0.0001), overexpression of HER2 (p<0.0001), expression of EGFR (p<0.0001), and molecular profile (p<0.0001) between components in situ and IBC. CK 5/6 showed different distribution in DCIS and IBC, presenting a significant association with the triple-negative phenotype in IBC, but a negative association among DCIS. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that classical prognostic and predictive features of IBC are already determined in the preinvasive stage of the disease. However the role of CK5/6 in invasive carcinoma may be different from the precursor lesions.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2005;27(5):243-247
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032005000500003
PURPOSE: to evaluate the association between p53 and Ki-67 expression in the tumor and clinicopathological features in patients with carcinoma of the cervix. METHODS: samples were taken from the tumor of 36 patients with stage IB (FIGO) cervical carcinoma submitted to radical hysterectomy. Tissue samples were taken from the tumor, fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. The specimens were analyzed by histopathology (hematoxylin and eosin) and immunohistochemically evaluated using monoclonal antibodies for p53 and Ki-67. Data were analyzed statistically by the chi2 test to evaluate eventual differences between the groups. RESULTS: the age of the patients ranged from 27 to 73 years (48.7±10.4 years). Clinical stage (FIGO) was IB1 in 27 cases (75%) and IB2 in 9 cases (25%). A positive tumoral expression of the p53 protein was found in half of the cases. In relation to the Ki-67 expression, a high cell proliferation index was shown in 73.3% of the cases. There was no association between tumoral p53 and Ki-67 expression with age (p=0.091 and 0.900), clinical stage (p=0.054 and 0.667), histological classification (p=0.674 and 0.674), grade of differentiation (p=0.070 and 0.282), presence of lymphatic vascular space invasion (p=0.248 and 0.667), parametrial involvement (p=0.729 and 0.763) and pelvic lymph node metastasis (p=0.729 and 0.636, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: tumoral expression of p53 and Ki-67 was not associated with the clinicopathological features in patients with stage IB carcinoma of the cervix.