• African health sciences · Mar 2021

    Intra-tumoral distribution of Ki-67 and Cyclin D1 in ER+ mammary carcinoma: quantitative evaluation.

    • Mohammedi Latifa, Djillali Doula Fatima, Mesli Farida, and Senhadji Rachid.
    • Nature and Life Sciences Faculty, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524 El M'naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2021 Mar 1; 21 (1): 41-46.

    BackgroundIn spite of the strong evidence demonstrating the role of overexpression of Ki-67 and Cyclin D1 markers in breast carcinomas, clinical and pathological data remain to be discussed. This can be explained partly by intratumor heterogeneity.ObjectivesTo define the prevalence and clinical significance of Ki-67 and Cyclin D1 overexpression in primary breast tumors ER positive, while highlighting the existence of intratumor heterogeneity in this type of cancer.Materials And Methods51 ER positive breast cancer tumors were used to evaluate the intratumoral distribution of Ki-67 and Cyclin D1 expression. Image acquisition and visualization of the markers were performed by optical microscopy and stereology sampling method.ResultsThe mean Ki-67 labeling index was distributed heterogeneously in the same tumor, from 20.67±6.87 to 45.10±10.65. The coefficient of variation (COV) revealed dispersion values between 13.4% and 42.9%. Associated with positive ER status, all the tumors presented a Cyclin D1 expression with a COV varying between 19% and 28.5% and a mean labeling index fluctuating between 19.40±4.42 and 41.64±10.08 within the same patient showing important intratumor heterogeneous distribution.ConclusionIn this study, we have adopted a strictly quantitative approach to evaluate and demonstrate intratumor heterogeneity. This establishes one of the main factors for poor response to cancer therapy. To achieve this, intratumor heterogeneity should be usually definable and quantifiable but this domain awaits future progress and methods need to move towards a better understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms that initiate and maintain this tumor heterogeneity.© 2021 Latifa M et al.

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