Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) protein overexpression and/or HER2 gene amplification is found in about 20% of invasive breast cancers. It is a sole predictive marker for treatment benefits from HER2 targeted therapy and thus, HER2 testing is a routine practice for newly diagnosed breast cancer in pathology. Currently, HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used for a screening test, and in situ hybridization is used as a confirmation test for HER2 IHC equivocal cases. Since the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines on HER2 testing was first released in 2007, it has been updated to provide clear instructions for HER2 testing and accurate determination of HER2 status in breast cancer. During HER2 interpretation, some pitfalls such as intratumoral HER2 heterogeneity and increase in chromosome enumeration probe 17 signals may lead to inaccurate assessment of HER2 status. Moreover, HER2 status can be altered after neoadjuvant chemotherapy or during metastatic progression, due to biologic or methodologic issues. This review addresses recent updates of ASCO/CAP guidelines and factors complicating in the interpretation of HER2 status in breast cancers.
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Results ER and PR expression is accompanied by low grade neoplasia, early clinical disease stage, and absence of lymphogenic metastasis (p < .001). HER2/neu expression is not typical for primary cancer of the fallopian tubes. Ki-67 expression is characterized by an inverse correlation with ER and PR (p < .05) and is associated with lymphogenic metastasis (p < .01). p53+ status correlates with high grade malignancy, tumor progression, metastasis, negative ER/PR (p < .001), and negative Bcl-2 status (p < .05). Positive Bcl-2 status is positively correlated with ER and PR expression and low grade malignancy.
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EGFR gene amplification was present in 47.8% of the tumors (22/46). HER2/neu was overexpressed in 13%(6/46) and it was amplified in 17% (7/46). The overall survival was prolonged in the female patients (p=0.007), and in patients with T1 and T2 disease (p=0.039), adenocarcinoma (p=0.010), a PR (p=0.022), an EGFR IHC+ status (p=0.033), an EGFR IHC+/CISH+ status (p=0.010), or an EGFR+/HER2/neu+ status (p=0.030). On multivariate analysis, gender, T disease and EGFR IHC/CISH remained the significant predictors of survival. CONCLUSIONS Gefitinib showed a modest effect for the patients with chemotherapy-refractory advanced NSCLC. A combination of EGFR IHC and CISH might be important for identifying those patients who are most likely to benefit from gefitinib therapy.