Utility of cytopathological specimens and an automated image analysis for the evaluation of HER2 status and intratumor heterogeneity in breast carcinoma

AimsThe aim of our study was to analyse correlations between KRAS mutation status, chromosomal changes that affect KRAS status in cells from pancreatic tumours.MethodsWe collected 69 cases of surgically resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) and seven cases of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Chromosomal abnormalities of KRAS and CEP12 were detected using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH).ResultsThe number of CEP12 signals per cell ranged from 1.78 to 2.04 and 1.46 to 4.88 in CP and PDA samples, respectively, while the number of KRAS signals per cell ranged from 1.94 to 2.06 and 1.88 to 8.18 in CP and PDA samples, respectively. The ‘chromosomal instability index’, which was defined as the percentage of cells with any chromosomal abnormality, was over 5.7 times greater in PDA than in CP. We performed KRAS mutation analysis by direct sequencing and found that tumours with KRAS mutations have a significantly higher mean KRAS signal per cell from PDA samples compared with tumours with wild-type KRAS. KRAS amplification was noted in 10% of cases. Although we found that lymph node metastasis and distal metastasis of PDA were more frequent in cases with KRAS amplification, this was not correlated with overall survival. Using a threshold of 40%, we found that the chromosomal instability index robustly discriminated PDA cells from CP cells.ConclusionsBased on these findings, we concluded that FISH testing of KRAS using cytology samples may represent an accurate approach for the diagnosis of PDA.

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KRASfluorescence in situ hybridisation testing for the detection and diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Shiroma

Arihiro

Oda

et al. 2018

J Clin Pathol

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Utility of cytopathological specimens and an automated image analysis for the evaluation of HER2 status and intratumor heterogeneity in breast carcinoma

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KRASfluorescence in situ hybridisation testing for the detection and diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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