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Aberrant expression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 oncogene is not a common feature in osteosarcoma

Baumhoer, Daniel and Smida, Jan and Specht, Katja and Bink, Karin and Quintanilla-Martinez, Leticia and Rosemann, Michael and Siggelkow, Heide and Nathrath, Walter B. J. and Atkinson, Michael J. and Bielack, Stefan and Jundt, Gernot and Nathrath, Michaela. (2011) Aberrant expression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 oncogene is not a common feature in osteosarcoma. Human pathology, Vol. 42, H. 6. pp. 859-866.

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Abstract

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in osteosarcoma and its relationship to prognosis have been the subject of several conflicting reports, most of them relying on immunohistochemical studies. Because the urgent need of prognostic markers and effective new treatment options for osteosarcoma patients, we evaluated the role of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in 2 well-characterized sets of pretherapeutic osteosarcoma samples (46 paraffin-embedded and 46 fresh-frozen biopsy samples) using immunohistochemistry with 2 different antibodies [DAKO A0485 (Glostrup, Denmark) and Novocastra CB11 (Newcastle, UK)] as well as fluorescence in situ hybridization, real-time polymerase chain reaction, and SNP array analyses and correlated our findings with clinicopathological parameters. However, our study failed to detect unequivocal evidence of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 gene amplification or overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 messenger RNA or protein in any of the investigated tumors. Only in a small subset of samples, a moderate increase in messenger RNA levels (13.6%) or focal membranous immunoreactivity (8.7%; A0485) was detected but did not correlate with survival or response to chemotherapy. Cytoplasmic staining was identified more frequently (63%; CB11) but again did not show any association with clinicopathological parameters. In conclusion, our study does not support a role for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 as a prognostic marker in osteosarcoma.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
UniBasel Contributors:Jundt, Gernot
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:W.B. Saunders
ISSN:0046-8177
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:06 Dec 2013 09:35
Deposited On:06 Dec 2013 09:35

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