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Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer

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    • Wahid Mdah
    • Raneen Mzalbat
    • Peter Gilbey
    • Moshe Stein
    • Adi Sharabi
    • Jamal Zidan
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    Affiliations: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel, Oncology Institute, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel, Department of Oncology, Rambam Medical Center, Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Haifa, Israel
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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) is a well recognized prognostic and predictive factor in breast cancer. However, the role of HER-2 in thyroid cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate HER-2 expression in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and determine whether there is an association with other clinical and pathological characteristics. A total of 69 patients with DTC were investigated, 58 of whom had papillary and 11 follicular carcinomas. HER-2 was detected by immunohistochemical examination on sections from formalin‑fixed, paraffin‑embedded tumor tissues. Tumors with HER-2 expression classed as +1 and +2 were retested with chromogenic in situ hybridization. Clinicopathological data were retrieved from the hospital records of the patients. HER-2 overexpression was found in 4 (6.9%) of the 58 patients with papillary carcinoma, whereas there was no HER-2 overexpression in any of the 11 cases of follicular carcinoma. There was no association of HER-2 expression with tumor size, pathological grade and cervical lymph node metastasis. In conclusion, there were no HER-2 positive cases of follicular carcinoma and the incidence of HER-2 overexpression in papillary carcinoma was very low. Thus, HER-2 cannot be used routinely as a prognostic or predictive factor in DTC. The expression of other epidermal growth factor receptors in DTC merits further investigation.
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Mdah W, Mzalbat R, Gilbey P, Stein M, Sharabi A and Zidan J: Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer. Mol Clin Oncol 2: 1107-1110, 2014.
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., & Zidan, J. (2014). Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 2, 1107-1110. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2014.346
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., Zidan, J."Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 2.6 (2014): 1107-1110.
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., Zidan, J."Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 2, no. 6 (2014): 1107-1110. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2014.346
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Mdah W, Mzalbat R, Gilbey P, Stein M, Sharabi A and Zidan J: Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer. Mol Clin Oncol 2: 1107-1110, 2014.
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., & Zidan, J. (2014). Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 2, 1107-1110. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2014.346
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., Zidan, J."Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 2.6 (2014): 1107-1110.
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Mdah, W., Mzalbat, R., Gilbey, P., Stein, M., Sharabi, A., Zidan, J."Lack of HER-2 gene amplification and association with pathological and clinical characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 2, no. 6 (2014): 1107-1110. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2014.346
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