PMID- 24993498 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160706 LR - 20211021 IS - 1436-3305 (Electronic) IS - 1436-3291 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Jul TI - HER2 expression in locally advanced gastric cancer with extensive lymph node (bulky N2 or paraaortic) metastasis (JCOG1005-A trial). PG - 467-75 LID - 10.1007/s10120-014-0398-3 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is likely overexpressed and/or amplified in locally advanced gastric cancer with extensive (bulky N2 or paraaortic) lymph node metastasis, and patients may benefit from treatment with anti-HER2 antibodies. This study evaluated the frequency of HER2 overexpression and amplification in The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA)-N3 and JGCA-bulky N2 tumors and the correlation between HER2 status and survival. METHODS: HER2 status was assessed using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in tumor tissue samples from 89 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma enrolled in the phase II JCOG0001 and JCOG0405 trials. HER2 positivity was defined as IHC3+ or IHC2+ with confirmatory FISH results. RESULTS: Of the 89 tumor samples, 24 (27 %) showed HER2 positivity, including 16 scored as IHC3+ and 8 as IHC2+ and FISH positive. Multivariate analysis showed that the HER2 positivity rate was significantly higher in evaluable differentiated tumors than in undifferentiated tumors [18/44 (40.9 %) vs. 5/42 (11.9 %)]. Although the apparent OS curve of HER2 positive was superior to that of HER2 negative patients, HER2 status was not a statistically significant prognostic factor in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: The HER2 positivity rate was relatively high in patients with JGCA-bulky N2 and JGCA-N3 gastric adenocarcinoma, suggesting that HER2 evaluation is essential to select the therapeutic regimen for neoadjuvant chemotherapy for this group of patients. FAU - Matsumoto, Tomohiro AU - Matsumoto T AD - Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan. FAU - Sasako, Mitsuru AU - Sasako M FAU - Mizusawa, Junki AU - Mizusawa J FAU - Hirota, Seiichi AU - Hirota S FAU - Ochiai, Atsushi AU - Ochiai A FAU - Kushima, Ryoji AU - Kushima R FAU - Katai, Hitoshi AU - Katai H FAU - Tanaka, Yoichi AU - Tanaka Y FAU - Fukushima, Norimasa AU - Fukushima N FAU - Nashimoto, Atsushi AU - Nashimoto A FAU - Tsuburaya, Akira AU - Tsuburaya A CN - Stomach Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140704 PL - Japan TA - Gastric Cancer JT - Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association JID - 100886238 RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ERBB2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/metabolism/mortality/pathology/surgery MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Lymph Nodes/pathology MH - Lymphatic Metastasis MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Stomach Neoplasms/metabolism/mortality/*pathology/surgery MH - Survival Rate FIR - Iwasaki, Y IR - Iwasaki Y FIR - Furukawa, H IR - Furukawa H FIR - Oshita, H IR - Oshita H FIR - Ito, S IR - Ito S FIR - Koeda, K IR - Koeda K FIR - Fujiya, T IR - Fujiya T FIR - Tsujinaka, T IR - Tsujinaka T FIR - Takiuchi, H IR - Takiuchi H FIR - Kurita, A IR - Kurita A FIR - Hase, K IR - Hase K FIR - Kinoshita, T IR - Kinoshita T FIR - Inoue, S IR - Inoue S FIR - Uyama, I IR - Uyama I FIR - Saito, T IR - Saito T FIR - Miyashita, K IR - Miyashita K FIR - Yamaue, H IR - Yamaue H FIR - Ninomiya, M IR - Ninomiya M EDAT- 2014/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/07 06:00 CRDT- 2014/07/05 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10120-014-0398-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gastric Cancer. 2015 Jul;18(3):467-75. doi: 10.1007/s10120-014-0398-3. Epub 2014 Jul 4.