96. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie e. V ...
96. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie e. V ...
96. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie e. V ...
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Poster: Gynäkopathologie und Mammapathologie I<br />
SA-P-005<br />
HER2 status in breast cancer remains stable with FISH (fluorescence<br />
in situ hybridisation) but is highly variable with IHC<br />
(immunohistochemistry) methodology in view of 10 years<br />
experience<br />
Z . Varga 1 , C . Ramach 2 , B . Padberg 3 , H . Moch 1 , A . Noske 1<br />
1 University Hospital Zurich, Institute of Surgical Pathology, Zürich,<br />
Switzerland, 2 County Hospital St . Gallen, Institute of Pathology, St . Gallen,<br />
Switzerland, 3 Institute of Pathology, County Hospital Graubünden, Chur,<br />
Switzerland<br />
Aims. Gold standard methodology in HER2 status determination in breast<br />
cancer is still a debated issue. Advantage of IHC analysis over timeconsuming<br />
and experience-requiring FISH methodology can be strongly<br />
influenced by pre-analytical differences and interpretational-issues.<br />
Methods. We analysed 6000 consecutive HER2-FISH tests in breast cancer<br />
in 10 years (2001 to 2011) and compared stability of amplification-rate<br />
with immunohistochemical 3+ positivity. Four years long (2001–2004)<br />
FISH tests were performed in all 3+ and 2+ cases and in some of the 1+<br />
and negative (0) cases. For 6 years (2005–2010) HER2 status was determined<br />
with “only FISH” testing. For one year (2011) all cases were tested<br />
with both IHC and FISH.<br />
Results. Between 2001 and 2004, 61% of 3+ IHC was amplified with<br />
FISH (amplification-rate varied from 50%, 67%, 53% and 77%). In 2011,<br />
86% of 3+ IHC cases were amplified with FISH. FISH amplification rate<br />
varied between 15–17% in 2005–2008 and 11–13% in 2009–2011 (due to<br />
modified ASCO criteria of HER2/CEP17 ratio from