Open AccessStatus of Her2 over expression in muscle invasive urothelial bladder carcinoma: Report of 21 cases
Author(s) -
Nesrine Mejri,
R. Sellami,
Lamia Charfi,
Raoudha Doghri,
Naziha Ben Hmida,
Badreddine Sriha,
Sihem Hmissa,
Karima Mrad,
Khaled Ben Romdhane
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.127033
Subject(s) - medicine , urothelial carcinoma , urology , cancer research , oncology , bladder cancer , cancer
Invasive urothelial bladder carcinomas have a poor prognosis even with cystectomy and chemotherapy. A high number of these patients have Her2 overexpression. The goal of this study is to assess the Her2 status in muscle invasive urothelial bladder carcinoma, to evaluation heterogeneity and discordance with metastases.