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Comparison of the molecular genetics of c‐erb‐ B2 and p53 expression in stomach cancer in Britain and Japan
Author(s) -
McCulloch Peter G.,
Ochiai Atsushi,
Hirohashi Setsuo,
O'Dowd Gerald M.,
Nash John R. G.,
Sasako Mitsuru
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19950215)75:4<920::aid-cncr2820750405>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - stomach , immunohistochemistry , medicine , stomach cancer , cancer , epidemiology , stage (stratigraphy) , pathology , disease , gastroenterology , oncology , biology , paleontology
Background. Differences in the epidemiology and treatment outcome of stomach cancer have led to the suggestion that in Japan, this disease may be biologically less aggressive than that found in the West. The authors compared p53b and c‐ erb ‐B2 expression, trying to identify genetic differences in Japanese compared with Western stomach cancers. Methods. Paraffin embedded formalin fixed tissues from 89 British and 89 matched Japanese patients were examined by immunohistochemistry after microwave treatment. Cases were matched for T‐stage, year of surgery, and histopathologic grade. Results. Tumors from 48 British and 46 Japanese patients expressed p53, whereas those of 27 British and 28 Japanese patients expressed c‐ erb ‐B2. No significant difference in the density or distribution of protein expression was found between the two populations. The distribution of expression between diffuse and intestinal types and the proportion of cases expressing both antigens were similar in the two groups. Conclusions. p53 and c‐ erb ‐B2 are expressed in the same way in stomach carcinomas from Japanese and British patients. This study found no evidence of genetic differences in the cancers from the two countries. Cancer 1995;75:920‐5.