Mohammad Motamedolshariati1, Bahram Memar2, Mohsen Aliakbaian2, Mohammad T Shakeri3, Mohammad Samadi2, Ali Jangjoo2. 1. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 2. Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 3. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsy (CNB) is widely accepted for preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer and sometimes can be the only way of providing a suitable specimen for prognostic and predictive marker studies prior to neoadjuvant treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of CNB by comparing histological tumor type and grade as well as estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), p53, and HER2/ neu status by immunohistochemistry in CNB and excisional surgical specimens. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During a 2.5-year study period, we identified 30 patients with breast cancer, who underwent CNB and definitive surgery. To evaluate the accuracy of CNB, tumor grade, ER, PR, HER2, and p53 status were immunohistochemically determined in both the CNB and the surgical specimens, and concordance of results between the 2 specimens was assessed. RESULTS: The concordance rate was 100% for histological type, 66.6% for histological grade, and 96.7, 90, 76.7 and 93.3% for ER, PR, p53 and HER2/neu, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that CNB has an excellent accuracy for tumor type, ER, and HER2/ neu; however, it should be used cautiously for tumor grade, PR, and p53 status. Thus, excisional biopsy is recommended for the determination of these factors.
BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsy (CNB) is widely accepted for preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer and sometimes can be the only way of providing a suitable specimen for prognostic and predictive marker studies prior to neoadjuvant treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of CNB by comparing histological tumor type and grade as well as estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), p53, and HER2/ neu status by immunohistochemistry in CNB and excisional surgical specimens. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During a 2.5-year study period, we identified 30 patients with breast cancer, who underwent CNB and definitive surgery. To evaluate the accuracy of CNB, tumor grade, ER, PR, HER2, and p53 status were immunohistochemically determined in both the CNB and the surgical specimens, and concordance of results between the 2 specimens was assessed. RESULTS: The concordance rate was 100% for histological type, 66.6% for histological grade, and 96.7, 90, 76.7 and 93.3% for ER, PR, p53 and HER2/neu, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that CNB has an excellent accuracy for tumor type, ER, and HER2/ neu; however, it should be used cautiously for tumor grade, PR, and p53 status. Thus, excisional biopsy is recommended for the determination of these factors.
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Breast cancer; Core needle biopsy; Prognostic factors
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