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The Long-term Prognostic Performance of Ki-67 in Primary Operable Breast Cancer and Evaluation of Its Optimal Cutoff Value

The Long-term Prognostic Performance of Ki-67 in Primary Operable Breast Cancer and Evaluation of... RESEARCH ARTICLE The Long-term Prognostic Performance of Ki-67 in Primary Operable Breast Cancer and Evaluation of Its Optimal Cutoff Value Uiju Cho, MD,* Hee Eun Kim, BS,* Woo Jin Oh, MD,* Min-Kyung Yeo, MD,*w Byung Joo Song, MD, PhD,z and Ahwon Lee, MD, PhD* reast cancer (BC) has heterogenous clinical outcomes Abstract: Markers of proliferation are considered to have prog- Band is composed of different genomic subtypes. Bio- nostic importance in breast cancer (BC). The Ki-67 index has been logical markers in BC have profound importance in de- reported as a prognostic factor, but standardized cutoff values and termining the type of adjuvant therapy, prediction and counting methods are not yet established. We assayed the Ki-67 monitoring of treatment response, and prognostic pa- labeling index (LI) of 589 consecutive operable BC patients who rameters. The proliferative status of the tumor is one of underwent surgical resection. Ki-67 immunostaining was per- the major prognostic factors in BC. A classic measure- formed, and the LI was manually counted using an image pro- ment of tumor cell proliferation is the mitotic activity cessing program. We also compared the manual cell count (MCC) index, which is a main part of the Nottingham histologic http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology Wolters Kluwer Health

The Long-term Prognostic Performance of Ki-67 in Primary Operable Breast Cancer and Evaluation of Its Optimal Cutoff Value

Lee, Ahwon
Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology , Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Mar 1, 2015
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1541-2016
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RESEARCH ARTICLE The Long-term Prognostic Performance of Ki-67 in Primary Operable Breast Cancer and Evaluation of Its Optimal Cutoff Value Uiju Cho, MD,* Hee Eun Kim, BS,* Woo Jin Oh, MD,* Min-Kyung Yeo, MD,*w Byung Joo Song, MD, PhD,z and Ahwon Lee, MD, PhD* reast cancer (BC) has heterogenous clinical outcomes Abstract: Markers of proliferation are considered to have prog- Band is composed of different genomic subtypes. Bio- nostic importance in breast cancer (BC). The Ki-67 index has been logical markers in BC have profound importance in de- reported as a prognostic factor, but standardized cutoff values and termining the type of adjuvant therapy, prediction and counting methods are not yet established. We assayed the Ki-67 monitoring of treatment response, and prognostic pa- labeling index (LI) of 589 consecutive operable BC patients who rameters. The proliferative status of the tumor is one of underwent surgical resection. Ki-67 immunostaining was per- the major prognostic factors in BC. A classic measure- formed, and the LI was manually counted using an image pro- ment of tumor cell proliferation is the mitotic activity cessing program. We also compared the manual cell count (MCC) index, which is a main part of the Nottingham histologic

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