Breast carcinoma: a report on the potential usage of the CC chemokine RANTES as a marker for a progressive disease.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

High incidence and intensity of RANTES (CC chemokine) expression were noted in advanced breast carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE:

To present two cases of breast carcinoma patients in whom RANTES expression was analyzed in parallel to disease progression.

RESULTS:

Although no evidence of malignancy was detected in the axillary lymph nodes of the two patients, their disease progressed. The expression of RANTES in both patients was positive at diagnosis and predicted the clinical course.

CONCLUSIONS:

These results, combined with our previous findings on the correlation between RANTES expression and advanced breast carcinoma, suggest that the assessment of RANTES expression may be useful for the identification of patients with apparently poor prognosis who may benefit from aggressive treatment. The above results call for large-scale studies by numerous research groups to determine the prognostic value of RANTES expression.

• Authors: Nely Wigler, Sima Shina, Ofer Kaplan, Galia Luboshits, Samario Chaitchik, Iafa Keydar, Adit Ben-Baruch
• Journal: The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ (Isr Med Assoc J) Vol. 4 Issue 11 Suppl Pg. 940-3 (Nov 2002) ISSN: 1565-1088 [Print] Israel
• PMID: 12455185 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Study)

Chemical References

• Biomarkers, Tumor
• Chemokine CCL5
• Chemokines, CC

Topics

• Adult
• Biomarkers, Tumor (analysis, genetics)
• Breast Neoplasms (pathology)
• Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast (pathology)
• Case-Control Studies
• Chemokine CCL5 (analysis, genetics)
• Chemokines, CC (analysis, genetics)
• Disease Progression
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic (genetics)
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry (methods, standards)
• Middle Aged
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic (pathology)
• Prognosis