Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether bcl-2 gene expression is related to histologic type and grade, and prognosis of breast cancer and its prognosis. METHODS: Expression of bcl-2 protein was examined immunohistochemically in 85 cases of breast cancer patients with > or = 5 years of follow-up. RESULTS: Expression of bcl-2 protein was detectable in 68.2% of breast cancer specimens. It was not related to histologic type, but to histologic grade of the cancer. In grade I, bcl-2 was positive in 95.2% of the specimens which was significantly higher than that in grade II (64.6%) and grade III (25.0%)(P < 0.01). The positive rate of bcl-2 expression was 75.9% in patients who survived > or = 5 years as compared to that (51.6%) in patients survived < 5 years (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Expression of bcl-2 occurs more frequently in well differentiated breast cancer. It is associated with better prognosis of the patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 490-492 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology] |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Nov 2000 |