Abstract：
INTRODUCTION:The assessment of HER2/neu overexpression in tissue provides information about one of the most relevant prognostic and predictive markers in breast cancer: overexpression of HER2/neu is associated with worse prognosis in primary breast cancer. Since core needle biopsy is increasingly used for the diagnosis of breast cancer, the purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of HER2/neu evaluation using this technique in patients with primary breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We investigated the accuracy of immunohistochemical assessment of HER2/neu in core needle biopsies compared with surgically obtained specimens in 325 patients with primary breast cancer. In patients strongly positive for HER2/neu, additional fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of needle biopsies was performed. RESULTS:Using immunohistochemistry alone, accuracy of HER2/neu assessment in core biopsies in relation to surgically removed specimens was 92% and increased to 96% with additional FISH analysis (weighted Kappa coefficient: 0.86). DISCUSSION:As proven with this large series of patients, the assessment of HER2/neu status by core needle biopsy in breast cancer is accurate. Notwithstanding, in order to minimize the number of false-positive results, strongly positive core needle biopsies identified using immunohistochemistry should be confirmed by FISH analysis.
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Wiener klinische Wochenschriftauthors
Taucher S,Rudas M,Mader RM,Gnant M,Dubsky P,Roka S,Bachleitner T,Kandioler D,Steger G,Mittlböck M,Jakesz Rdoi
10.1007/BF03040420subject
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2004-01-31 00:00:00pages
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0043-5325issn
1613-7671journal_volume
116pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:A series of 1004 goitres removed surgically before (1959) and after (1970, 1975) the introduction of the iodine prophylaxis reveals an impressive increase in lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland parenchyma. So-called focal lymphocytic thyroiditis is closely associated with the functional state of the organ. F...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00
abstract：:A 53-year-old man presented with a 19-month history of gastrointestinal bleeding. Repeated endoscopic investigation of the upper and lower intestine showed no source of bleeding. When the patient collapsed due to massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage he was referred to our center. Gastroscopy showed a large, bulging tum...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03040474
更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The tissue polypeptide antigen test (TPA) was carried out in 25 patients with tumours of the maxillofacial region before and after surgery. Further control determination were performed for up to 14 months. A decrease in TPA values was found in only 4 patients after surgery, but a steep rise in TPA values was found wit...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-10-12 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction induces an inflammatory reaction. We related conventional inflammatory parameters including C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, white blood cell count and axillary temperature to plasma concentrations of procalcitonin in patients with acute myocardial infarction. In a prospe...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-03-28 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive tool to assess hepatic fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness (LS). Recent studies suggest that TE may be used to screen for liver cirrhosis and clinically significant portal hypertension (≥ 10 mmHg; CSPH), whereas data on the clinical applicability of TE are limit...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-012-0190-5
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Within recent years female sterilization has gained a place of great importance as an effective contraceptive method. Nowadays sterilization is hardly subject to any formal restrictions, but is solely the responsibility of the woman concerned, the couple or the physician. The indications for sterilization may be divid...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1987-11-06 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of metastasizing ectopic thymoma arising in the right thoracic cavity and infiltrating the right lung and pleura in a fashion reminiscent of diffuse pleural mesothelioma is presented. An involuted, non-neoplastic thymus was demonstrated microscopically in the anterior mediastinum. No case of thymoma showing the...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-01-10 00:00:00
abstract：:Carnitine was discovered at the beginning of this century, but was nearly forgotten until its importance in fatty acid metabolism was established 50 years later. In the past years, several other functions of carnitine in cellular metabolism have been described. The lung contains more than 40 different cell types, most...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) could demonstrate, for the first time, in a prospective randomized trial, that low-dose CT screening (LD-CT) may decrease lung cancer mortality. At the moment, it is unclear how these results will be applicable to Austria. Specifically, the definition of the population at an in...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-013-0356-9
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a psychophysiological study the spiral after-effect, as measured by means of the Archimedes spiral, was investigated in 182 patients with psychosomatic disorders including duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, anorexia nervosa, asthma and heart neurosis and compared with the results obtained in a control group of he...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-08-03 00:00:00
abstract：:The established elevated risk of lung cancer in smokers led to the hypothesis that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) also causes malignancies. The solution of this question is complicated by low exposure levels and dose-response dependence, as well as threshold levels. The differences between the toxins in the main- a...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) was administered in 4 lung transplant recipients to treat chronic anemia beyond the immediate postoperative period. There were 2 males and 2 females with a mean age of 38 years (range 22-49). None of the patients had major infection or rejection problems, and no blood product...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Two examples are given to illustrate the role of dopamine in brain disorders: a) In Parkinson's disease there is a marked deficiency of dopamine in several subcortical brain regions, particularly the striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) and substantia nigra. This extensive dopaminergic denervation of the basal ga...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sweden has been in the favorable situation of having limited antibiotic resistance and low antibiotic consumption. When pneumococci with reduced susceptibility to penicillin and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus emerged during the 1990s, professionals and relevant authorities called for extensive action plan...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00508-008-0977-6
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Air insufflation during colonoscopy is considered the standard method in most endoscopic centers. Notably, several studies have reported reduced abdominal pain after colonoscopy with CO2 insufflation in unsedated and in lightly sedated patients. The present study was designed to assess the efficacy of CO2 ...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/s00508-009-1202-y
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A method is described for the purification of horse anti-human lymphocyte serum, whereby absorption of haemagglutinating antibodies was performed with human RBC ghosts. These ghosts were repeatedly used after desorption. Desorption was carried out in glycine-HCl buffer solution pH = 3,0. The advantages of this method ...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-05-13 00:00:00
abstract：:A report is present of 1300 unselected patients investigated for breast cancer by liquid crystal thermography. The value of this method is comparable to the value of mammography, since the number of carcinomas which remained undetected by each diagnostic procedure was equal. The high degree of diagnostic accuracy achi...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-11-26 00:00:00
abstract：:Interpretation of lung function values in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) depends on the applied reference values. We hypothesize that differences between the new global lung function initiative (GLI) values and the formerly used Zapletal et al. values produce significantly different clinical results. We analyzed 3...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-017-1184-0
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The lipid-reducing effects of bezafibrate and clofibrate were investigated in a double-blind crossover trial. 3 x 200 mg/d bezafibrate and 3 x 500 mg/d clofibrate were administered for periods of 8 weeks each to 22 patients with primary hyperlipoproteinaemia (9 Type IIb, 13 Type IV). Placebo periods preceded and follo...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in westernized countries. In addition, about half of all patients suffering from diabetes are not diagnosed. The current article represents the recommendations of the Austrian Diabetes Association for the screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes, based on currently available...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00508-016-0971-3
更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a 29 year-old female occlusions of both femoral arteries were caused by the administration of ergotamine in the form of Cafergot-suppositories. Angiographically long smooth-walled stenoses and occlusions over a segment of approximately 5 cm length in each superficial femoral artery as well as occlusions of both tib...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-03-03 00:00:00
abstract：:A report is given of 135 panendoscopic examinations in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The importance of endoscopy is underlined by the high incidence of erosions and potential bleeding sources, since these lesions are not detected by radiological examination. Nor is it possible by means of X-rays to distinguis...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-10-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Despite the administration of antimalarial treatment, severe malaria still has a high mortality rate. Since overall survival is associated with total parasite biomass, whole blood exchange (e.g. blood exchange transfusions) has been proposed as a potential method to rapidly reduce peripheral parasitaemia. Automated re...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00508-012-0238-6
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The identification of basal cells by the basal-cell-specific anti-cytokeratin antibody 34 beta E12 has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of prostate carcinoma. To determine the usefulness of 34 beta E12 in prostate biopsies we examined formalin-fixed needle biopsy specimens. In a 17-month period 796 prostate ne...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00
abstract：:Nutritional anaemias are common in tropical areas. The commonest cause is iron deficiency, which mainly arises from impaired absorption of iron from food. Substances which inhibit iron absorption in various diets play an important role in the pathogenesis of iron deficiency anaemia. Iron deficiency is further aggravat...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-07-06 00:00:00
abstract：:A diagram is presented which enables the continuous recording of biometric values from the earliest possible time right up to the end of pregnancy. It has been tested in practice. The duration of pregnancy and fetal development and growth can be evaluated from the diagram. ...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-10-12 00:00:00
abstract：:In the period from 1957-1989 43 malignant lymphomas of the thyroid gland were treated in the surgical department of Kaiser Elisabeth hospital. 42 were classified as non-Hodgkin lymphomas and one as a Hodgkin lymphoma. The sex distribution was 32 women (mean age 70) to 11 men (mean age 72). The patients were divided in...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-04-27 00:00:00
abstract：:The author outlines the scientific works of Anton (von) Rosas (1791-1855), professor of ophthalmology in Padua and Vienna. Rosas' scientific opinions are compared with those of his teacher (G. J. Beer) and contemporaries. Three topics of medical and surgical ophthalmology have been analyzed in detail: epidemic-contagi...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Intussusception is a rare clinical finding in adults. Most cases occur in the distal small bowel or large intestine. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with known non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who presented with acute abdomen and ileus-like symptoms. Abdominal computed tomography suggested ileocecal intuss...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-009-1146-2
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The binding of 123I-Tyr-3-octreotide (SDZ-204-090; specific activity 1 mCi/nmol), a new somatostatin-receptor binding radiopharmaceutical, to human tumour membrane fractions was evaluated in presence of unlabeled Tyr-3-octreotide and octreotide (SMS-201-995; Sandostatin). Tumour tissue was obtained intraoperatively fr...
journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
