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KMID : 0370920110280020153
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Yeungnam Univercity Journal of Medicine
2011 Volume.28 No. 2 p.153 ~ p.164
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The Relationship Between the Expression of Estrogen Receptor β and Recurrence in Breast Cancer
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Kang Soo-Hwan
Choi Jung-Eun
Lee Soo-Jung
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Abstract
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Background:It has been reported that estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) mRNA expression was down-regulated during carcinogenesis and was inversely related to estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) expression in breast cancer. The association of ERβ mRNA expression to tamoxifen resistance has also been reported. In this study, the expression of ERα and ERβ via immunohistochemistry (IHC) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was prompted, and an attempt was made to find out the relationship between ERβ expression and recurrence in the hormonal therapy group, and between ERβ expression and known prognostic factors.
Methods:Tumor specimens were obtained at surgery from 67 female breast cancer patients during the period of September 1995 to December 2000. All the specimens were frozen in liquid nitrogen and kept at -70℃ until they were used. The medical records were analyzed retrospectively. The expressions of ER were analyzed using IHC and RT-PCR methods.
Results:The median follow-up was at 93.0 months (range: 14-157 months). The percentage of ERα+/ERβ+, ERα+/ERβ-, ERα-/ERβ+, and ERα-/ERβ group were 35.9% 9.4%, 47.2%, and 7.5%, respectively, in 53 patients with hormonal therapy. ERβ was positive in 42 (82.3%) of 51 ER-positive patients. In the hormonal therapy group, the recurrence rates of each group was 15.8%, 0%, 40.0%, and 0%, respectively. In this group, the ERβ expression tended to recur, but there was no clinical significance (p=0.084).
Conclusion:The ERβ expression may be a predictive marker of a poor response to endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients, although this needs to be confirmed in additional studies.
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KEYWORD
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Breast neoplasms, Endocrine therapy, Estrogen receptor β
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