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A nomogram to predict HER2 status in breast cancer patients with HER2-borderline disease as determined via immunohistochemistry

Qianqian Guo, Kai Chen, Xiaojie Lin, Yi Su, Rui Xu, Yan Dai, Chang Qiu, Xue Song, Siying Mao and Qianjun Chen _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:93492-93501. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19313

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Abstract

Qianqian Guo1, Kai Chen2,3, Xiaojie Lin1, Yi Su4, Rui Xu1, Yan Dai1, Chang Qiu1, Xue Song1, Siying Mao1 and Qianjun Chen1

1Department of Mammary Disease, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

3Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

4Department of Intensive Care, Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Correspondence to:

Qianjun Chen, email: [email protected]

Kai Chen, email: [email protected]

Keywords: breast cancer, HER2 status, IHC, calibration, nomogram

Received: October 27, 2016     Accepted: March 11, 2017     Published: July 17, 2017

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to develop a nomogram to predict fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay results for HER2-borderline breast cancer as determined via immunohistochemistry (IHC) among patients in China. We reviewed a database of breast cancer patients diagnosed between January 2007 and April 2013 at our institutions. We used logistic regression to develop a nomogram and we used receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and calibration plots to validate our nomogram. In total, 1138, 301 and 344 patients had IHC-determined HER2-negative, HER2-borderline and HER2-positive disease, respectively. Within the training cohort, univariate and multivariate analyses suggested that estrogen receptor (ER) status, progesterone receptor (PR) status and tumor grade were significantly associated with HER2 status (P<0.01). A nomogram was developed and the AUCs for the training and validation cohorts were 0.795 and 0.749, respectively. The calibration plots suggested that the model was well calibrated. This new nomogram can be used to predict HER2 status in HER2-borderline breast cancer patients and will be particularly helpful to resource-limited countries.


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