Expresión de p63 y citoqueratina 5/6 en los diferentes tipos moleculares del carcinoma de mama

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous group of tumors. DNA microarray profiling studies have led to the classification of invasive breast carcinoma called molecular classes. AIMS: To study the expression of p63 and cytokeratin (CK) 5/6 in invasive ductal carcinomas and their relationship to the different molecular classes, especially the basal like subgroup. Methods: Immunohistochemistry with the antibodies p63 and CK5/6 was performed in 200 samples of invasive ductal carcinomas with no other specification. Each case had previous results of estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER, PR), and HER2. According to these data they were classified as luminal A, luminal B, HER2+ and basal like (triple negative). Results: p63 was expressed in 5 cases of HER2+ and 19 cases of basal like tumours (19.5%). There was a strong relationship between CK5/6 expression and basal like tumours (68.9%, p<0.0001), but it was also expressed in one luminal A, three luminal B and eight HER2+ cases. Conclusions: Not every triple negative tumors express basal markers. It is necesary to standarize the molecular classification of breast cancer and the panel of markers to use in its caracterization, especially for the basal like. © 2010 SEAP y SEC.