Open AccessGastric adenocarcinoma expressing human epidermal growth factor receptor in South Asian population
Author(s) -
Asma Shabbir,
Muhammad Asif Qureshi,
Abdullah Khalid,
Talat Mirza,
Asma Shaikh,
Syed Mehmood Hasan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_23_18
Subject(s) - medicine , immunohistochemistry , cancer , h&e stain , gastroenterology , human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 , adenocarcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , gastrectomy , breast cancer , biopsy , population , pathology , oncology , biology , paleontology , environmental health
Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Human epidermal growth factor (Her-2/neu) has shown strong therapeutic implication in breast cancer. Although the prevalence of Her-2/neu over-expression in gastric cancer has been reported across the world, it is still unknown from South Asia. The aim of this study is to evaluate Her-2/neu expression in gastric adenocarcinomas and to correlate with various clinicopathological variables.