Relationship between oncogene amplification, aneuploidy and altered expression of p53 in breast cancer
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- Published online on: February 1, 1996 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.8.2.359
- Pages: 359-365
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Abstract
Many studies have noted an association between amplification of single oncogenes and poor prognosis in breast cancer. We are investigating whether measurement of amplification in a larger number of proto-oncogenes increases the reliability of the prognostic information provided. As the first stage of this investigation, amplification (of c-erbB-2, cycD1, int-2, c-myc and MDM2), aneuploidy and altered expression of p53, which all indicate genetic instability, were studied in 117 primary breast adenocarcinomas. Amplification was correlated with aneuploidy (p=0.002) but not with altered expression of p53 even though the tumours with p53 overexpression were all aneuploid. Our results suggest that measurement of amplification is a potentially valuable prognostic factor.
