Avaliação de sobrevida e expressão da proteína c-erbB-2, receptores de progesterona e receptores de estrógeno em pacientes com câncer de mama

Abstract

Breast cancer is the second most frequent type of cancer worldwide and more common among women, accounting for 22% of new cases each year. These tumors appear as heterogeneous evolution and response to different treatment available whose prognostic and predictive factors guiding the therapeutic approach being used. The detection of oncogenic protein c-erbB-2 by immunohistochemistry is a prognostic factor for diagnostic, and in most cases, is associated with a worse prognosis. This study aimed to raise clinicopathological data of patients with breast cancer, as well as evaluating the expression c-erbB-2 in tumor tissue paraffin samples of these patients. Medical records of 286 female patients with breast carcinoma treated at Hospital Araújo Jorge (Association of Cancer Combat of Goiás), between 1979 and 2002 were collected and tabulated together with data from immunohistochemical detection of c-erbB protein -2. In our series the positive immunodetection of c-erbB-2 in tumor cells showed no association with conventional parameters clinicopathologics. The immunodetection of the protein c-erbB-2 did not significantly affect the survival of patients analyzed in our series, consistent with data obtained by other studies. We conclude that molecular methods should become more sensitive.