Indications for treatment in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast with Herceptin from the aspect of laboratory diagnosis--study of the ERBB-2 protein and determination of the number of copies of the ERBB2 gene. Review

Overexpression of the ERBB-2 protein has become a target of the anti-neoplastic treatment in patients with invasive duct carcinomas of the breast with a monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin, Genentech). From this reason the immunohistochemical (IHC) evaluation of ERBB-2 protein expression is crucial. However, there are patients in whom the IHC investigation is biased by a subjective evaluation among cases considered negative (in the range of 1+) and positive (2+), and among cases considered positive 2+ and 3+. In such cases it is advisable to complement the IHC investigation by detection of copy numbers of the ERBB2 gene with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The overexpression of the protein is caused by the gene amplification in a majority of cases. The patients, whose carcinomas show overexpression of the ERBB-2 protein and the overexpression is caused by a significant gene amplification, profit from the Herceptin therapy. In this review we focus also on the methodology of FISH in paraffin sections and tissue imprints with respect to the detection of copy numbers of chromosome 17 and the ERBB2 gene.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38 Suppl 1

Enthalten in:

Ceskoslovenska patologie - 38 Suppl 1(2002) vom: 15., Seite 4-14

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Indikace k lécbĕ nemocných s invazivními duktálními karcinomy mlécné zlázy Herceptinem z pohledu laboratorní diagnostiky--vysetrení ERBB-2 proteinu a stanovení poctu kopií ERBB2 genu. Prehled problematiky

Beteiligte Personen:

Mrhalová, M [VerfasserIn]
Kodet, R [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents
EC 2.7.10.1
English Abstract
Journal Article
P188ANX8CK
Receptor, ErbB-2
Review
Trastuzumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.04.2003

Date Revised 10.05.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM124502512