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Clinicopathological significance and prognostic value of CD133 expression in triple-negative breast carcinoma.

Department of Pathology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cancer Science (impact factor: 3.33). 01/2011; 102(5):1107-11. DOI:10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01894.x
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ABSTRACT Currently, CD133 is one of the best markers to characterize cancer stem cells and Her-1 is reported as an important marker for the prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer. To investigate the relationship between the expression of CD133 and Her-1 and clinicopathology as well as prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer, 67 cases of triple-negative invasive ductal breast carcinoma taken from 422 patients with breast cancer were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and clinicopathology with follow-up. The CD133 and Her-1 were expressed as positive in 43.3% (29/67) and 53.7% (36/67) of patients, respectively. The expression of CD133 corresponded to tumor size (P = 0.022), clinical stage (P = 0.001) and lymphatic metastasis (P = 0.001), but not to age and histological grade. By Kaplan-Meier analysis the expression of CD133 was correlative with overall survival (OS) (log rank = 9.346, P = 0.002) and disease free survival (DFS) (log rank = 38.840, P = 0.0001) time of breast cancer patients. The expression of Her-1 was corresponding to tumor size (P = 0.031), clinical stage (P = 0.005) and lymphatic metastasis (P = 0.002), but not to age and histological grade. By Kaplan-Meier analysis the expression of Her-1 was correlative with overall survival (OS) (log rank = 7.998, P = 0.005) and DFS (log rank = 4.227, P = 0.040) time of patients with cancer. It is concluded that the expression of CD133 and Her-1 may be correlative with prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer.

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    Article: Expression of CD133 in the cytoplasm is associated with cancer progression and poor prognosis in gastric cancer
    Kousuke Hashimoto, Keishiro Aoyagi, Taro Isobe, Kikuo Koufuji, Kazuo Shirouzu
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    ABSTRACT: Background CD133 is one of the most important stem cell markers in solid cancers. Some recent reports have described a possible relationship between CD133 and hypoxia-inducing factor-1-alpha (HIF-1a). The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical role of CD133 expression in gastric cancer and to investigate the correlation between CD133 expression and HIF-1a expression. Methods We studied 189 gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy at Kurume University Hospital. CD133 and HIF-1a expression was examined using immunohistochemical staining. Fifty-six cases were CD133 positive, and they were divided into two expression types: luminal expression of the gland and cytoplasmic expression. We investigated the relationship among CD133 expression types, clinicopathological variables, prognosis, and HIF-1a expression. Results When comparing clinicopathological variables, expression of CD133 in the cytoplasm was related to metastasis and tumor progression. However, this relation-ship was not observed with luminal expression of the gland type. The survival rate in patients with cytoplasmic CD133 expression was significantly worse than that in the CD133-negative group. This relationship was observed in the survival rate of the adjuvant chemotherapy group and the curative resection group. Multivariate analysis revealed that the expression of CD133 in the cytoplasm was an independent prognostic factor in gastric cancer. Regarding the correlation between CD133 expression and HIF-1a expression, the HIF-1a positive rate was lower in patients with CD133 luminal expression of the gland type and higher in patients with cytoplasmic expression of CD133. Conclusion Gastric cancer cells with CD133 expression in the cytoplasm were cells with high potential for malig-nancy, and this phenotype was associated with cancer progression, chemotherapy resistance, recurrence, and poor prognosis. Cytoplasmic expression of CD133 may be a useful prognostic marker in gastric cancer. Significant correlation was observed between HIF-1a expression and the immunohistochemical staining pattern of CD133.
    Gastric Cancer 04/2013; · 2.42 Impact Factor
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Keywords

breast cancer
 
breast cancer patients
 
CD133 corresponded
 
clinical stage
 
clinicopathology
 
disease free survival
 
Her-1
 
histological grade
 
immunohistochemistry
 
Kaplan-Meier analysis
 
log rank
 
lymphatic metastasis
 
OS
 
patients
 
positive
 
prognosis
 
triple-negative breast cancer
 
triple-negative invasive ductal breast carcinoma
 
tumor size
 

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