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Proliferation marker securin identifies favourable outcome in invasive ductal breast cancer.




TekijätTalvinen, Tuikkala, Nevalainen, Rantanen, Hirsimäki, Sundström, Kronqvist

Julkaisuvuosi2008

JournalBritish Journal of Cancer

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiBritish journal of cancer

Lehden akronyymiBr J Cancer

Vuosikerta99

Numero2

Aloitussivu335

Lopetussivu40

Sivujen määrä6

ISSN0007-0920

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604475


Tiivistelmä
We introduce a new proliferation marker, securin (pituitary tumour-transforming 1 (PTTG1)), analysed in invasive ductal breast carcinomas by cDNA microarrays and immunohistochemistry. In cDNA microarray of a total of 4000 probes of genes, securin was revealed with a significant change in expression among the several proliferation-related genes studied. The value of securin as a proliferation marker was verified immunohistochemically (n=44) in invasive ductal breast cancer. In follow-up analyses of the sample of patients, the prognostic value of securin was compared with the established markers of breast cancer proliferation, Ki-67 and mitotic activity index (MAI). Our results of a small sample of patients suggest that low securin expression identifies a distinct subgroup of more favourable outcome among patients with high Ki-67 immunoexpression or high MAI. In univariate analysis of Cox's regression, 10-unit increment of securin immunopositivity was associated with a 2.3-fold overall risk of death due to breast cancer and a 7.1-fold risk of death due to breast cancer in the sample of patients stratified according to the cutoff points of 10 and 20% of securin immunopositivity. We suggest that securin immunostaining is a promising and clinically applicable proliferation marker. The finding urges further prognostic studies with a large sample of patients.



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