Determination of HER2 Gene Amplification by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization (CISH) in Archival Breast Carcinoma

Zhao, Jianxin; Wu, Rina; Au, Alfred; Marquez, Abbey; Yan, Yu; Shi, Zuo-rong

doi:10.1038/modpathol.3880582

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“…These findings are consistent with the results of previous studies, which have shown concordance rates between CISH and FISH and/or immunohistochemistry to be in the range of 90-100%. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21] A recent study by Gong et al 21 evaluated the HER2 status of 80 archival invasive breast carcinoma specimens by CISH and FISH, and also assessed the interobserver reproducibility of CISH results between three pathologists. A 91% agreement in CISH results between pathologists was reported and all these cases had HER2 status matching the corresponding FISH results.…”

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Chromogenic in-situ hybridization: a viable alternative to fluorescence in-situ hybridization in the HER2 testing algorithm

Hanna

Kwok

2006

Modern Pathology

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Assessment of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 status is standard practice in women with breast cancer. Most laboratories use immunohistochemistry as a screening test, with equivocal results confirmed by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). Chromogenic in-situ hybridization (CISH) is a relatively new method for detection of gene amplification using a peroxidase reaction, which can be viewed using a standard light microscope. This study was undertaken to validate CISH as a method for assessing human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 gene amplification. The gene amplification status of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 immunohistochemistry negative (0/1 þ , n ¼ 69; Group 1), immunohistochemistry positive (3 þ , n ¼ 50; Group 2) and equivocal tumor samples (2 þ , n ¼ 135; Group 3) was evaluated by FISH and CISH, and the concordance between FISH and CISH results calculated. In Group 1, 67/69 cases did not show amplification by CISH and 69/ 69 showed no amplification by FISH. Two cases were discordant; therefore, fluorescence/CISH concordance was 97%. In Group 2, 46/50 cases were amplified by FISH and 47/50 cases were amplified by CISH; three cases were not amplified by either method (immunohistochemistry false-positives). Only one case showed discordant FISH and CISH results, making the fluorescence/CISH concordance 98%. In Group 3, 89/135 cases were not amplified and 37/135 were amplified by both methods. Nine cases were discordant, giving a fluorescence/CISH concordance of 93%. The discordant cases were those with very low or borderline amplification with FISH. The high level of concordance between FISH and CISH seen in this study suggests that CISH may be a viable alternative to FISH for use in the human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 testing algorithm.

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Chromogenic in-situ hybridization: a viable alternative to fluorescence in-situ hybridization in the HER2 testing algorithm

Hanna

Kwok

2006

Modern Pathology

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“…Strong amplification of the region 17q12-21 was reported in the intestinal type of gastric cancer. 59 Amplification and/or overexpression of some genes on chromosome 17q21.1, such as ERBB-2 (HER2/ neu) 8,9,60,61 and TOP2A (for topoisomerase IIa), 62 have been reported in gastric cancer and breast cancer, and might represent prognostic factors. Recently, an antineoplastic drug that targets the HER2 gene has been used to treat breast cancer and there are reports of overexpression of the HER2/neu gene in gastric cancer.…”

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Genetic alterations in 102 primary gastric cancers by comparative genomic hybridization: gain of 20q and loss of 18q are associated with tumor progression

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Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers. Molecular events in the carcinogenesis of gastric cancer remain, however, largely undefined. We investigated changes in DNA copy number in 102 gastric cancers by CGH. We found changes in DNA copy number in all cases, with frequent (^30% of patients) gains at 20q, 8q, 20p, 7q, 17q, 5p, and 13q. Frequent (^20%) losses were found at 19p, 18q, 5q, 21q, 4p, 4q, 15q, and 17p. The mean number of total alterations was significantly lower in grade 3 and scirrhous-type carcinomas (10.81 in grade 3 vs 13.98 in grade 1 and grade 2, 9.31 in scirrhous-type vs 13.18 in medullary-and intermediate-type). The mean number of losses and total alterations were higher in tumors at pT2, pT3 and pT4 (4.68 and 12.77 in pT2, pT3, and pT4 vs 2.55 and 9.22 in pT1). The mean number of losses was higher in carcinomas with lymph node metastasis (4.83). The mean number of gains and total alterations were higher in carcinomas with venous invasion (8.44 and 13.28). Several chromosomal alterations were linked in a statistically significant manner to specific clinicopathological parameters. Gain of 17q, 20p, and 20q and loss of 4p were associated with the pattern of the cancer-stroma relationship; loss of 18q was associated with pT category; gain of 5p was associated with pN category; loss of 4q and loss of 21q were associated with lymphatic invasion; gain of 7p and loss of 4q and 18q were associated with venous invasion; and loss of 18q was associated with pathological stage. These data suggest that gain of 20q and loss of 18q might play an important role in the development and progression of gastric cancer. Moreover, some genes on 20q and 18q might be target genes of gastric cancer.

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“…4C) features the advantages of both IHC (routine microscope, lower cost, familiarity) and FISH (built-in internal control, subjective scoring, the more robust DNA target), but is not, to date, FDA-approved for selecting patient eligibility for trastuzumab treatment (148,149). In a recent study using both FISH and CISH to assay 31 cases of infiltrating breast carcinoma with testing performed in laboratories at two institutions, identical results for both methods were found in 26 (84%) of the cases (150).…”

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Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer

Ross

Fletcher

Bloom³

et al. 2004

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

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The HER-2/neu oncogene, a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor or erb gene family, encodes a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor that has been linked to prognosis and response to therapy with the anti-HER-2-humanized monoclonal antibody, trastuzumab (Herceptin, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA) in patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer. HER-2/neu status has also been tested for its ability to predict the response of breast cancer to other therapies including hormonal therapies, topoisomerase inhibitors, and anthracyclines. This review includes an analysis of 80 published studies encompassing more than 25,000 patients designed to consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of the various methods of measuring HER-2/neu in clinical breast cancer specimens. Southern blotting, PCR amplification detection, and fluorescence in situ hybridization assays designed to detect HER-2/neu gene amplification are compared with HER-2/neu protein overexpression assays performed by immunohistochemical techniques applied to frozen and paraffin-embedded tissues and enzyme immunoassays performed on tumor cytosols. The significance of HER-2/neu overexpression in ductal carcinoma in situ and the HER-2/neu status in uncommon female breast conditions and male breast cancer are also considered. The role of HER-2/neu testing for the prediction of response to trastuzumab therapy in breast cancer is reviewed along with the current studies designed to test whether HER-2/neu status can predict the response to standard and newer hormonal therapies, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and radiation. The review will also evaluate the status of serum-based testing for circulating HER-

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Determination of HER2 Gene Amplification by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization (CISH) in Archival Breast Carcinoma

Cited by 149 publications

References 32 publications

Chromogenic in-situ hybridization: a viable alternative to fluorescence in-situ hybridization in the HER2 testing algorithm

Chromogenic in-situ hybridization: a viable alternative to fluorescence in-situ hybridization in the HER2 testing algorithm

Genetic alterations in 102 primary gastric cancers by comparative genomic hybridization: gain of 20q and loss of 18q are associated with tumor progression

Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer

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