Amplification of Chromosomal Region 20ql3 in Invasive Breast Cancer: Prognostic Implications

Minna M. Tanner, Mika Tirkkonen, Anne Kallioniemi, Kaija Holli, Colin Collins, Dave Kowbel, Joe W. Gray, O. P. Kallioniemi, Jorma Isola

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Abstract

Amplification of the chromosome 20ql3 region was recently discovered in breast cancer by comparative genomic hybridization and subsequently further defined by fluorescence in situ hybridization with specific probes. The target gene of the amplification remains unknown. Here, fluorescence in situ hybridization with a cosmid probe for the minimal region of amplification (RMC20C001) was used to study 20ql3 amplification in 132 primary breast carcinomas and 11 metastases. The size of the amplicon was studied with four flanking probes. Thirty-eight (29%) primary tumors and 3 (27%) metastases showed increased copy number of the RMC20C001 probe (> 1.5-fold relative to the p-arm control). Nine (6.8%) of the primary tumors were highly (>3-fold) amplified. Although the size and location of the amplified region varied from one tumor to another, only the RMC20C001 probe was consistently amplified. 20ql3 amplification was significantly associated with a high histological grade (P = 0.01), DNA aneuploidy (P = 0.01), and high S-phase fraction (P = 0.0085). High-level amplification was also associated with short disease-free survival of patients with node-negative breast cancer (P = 0.002). We conclude that high-level 20ql3 amplification may be an indicator of poor clinical outcome in node-negative breast cancer and that this chromosomal region is likely to contain a gene with an important role in breast cancer progression. A large definitive study is warranted to assess the independent prognostic value of 20ql3 amplification.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1455-1461
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Cancer Research
Volume1
Issue number12
StatePublished - Aug 1 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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