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Hormonal receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and triple negative immunohistochemical typing in women with breast cancer in Kampala, Uganda

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dc.creator Mlole, Angela T.
dc.creator Yahaya, James J.
dc.creator Othieno, Emmanuel
dc.creator Kalungi, Sam
dc.creator Okwi, Andrew L.
dc.date 2021-05-26T06:43:54Z
dc.date 2021-05-26T06:43:54Z
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T14:01:46Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T14:01:46Z
dc.identifier Mlole, A. T., Yahaya, J. J., Othieno, E., Kalungi, S., & Okwi, A. L. (2020). Hormonal receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and triple negative immunohistochemical typing in women with breast cancer in Kampala, Uganda. International Journal of Women's Health, 12, 1109.
dc.identifier URL:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745719/
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3212
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3212
dc.description Full text article. Also available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745719/
dc.description The expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) has been reported to have an invaluable prognostic role. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of ER, PR and HER2 in women with breast cancer (BC) in Kampala, Uganda. Expression of ER, PR and HER2 was determined immunohistochemically. Logistic regression was performed to determine the effect of the independent factors in predicting the risk of not expressing the breast markers. A two-tailed p<0.05 was regarded to be statistically significant. ER, PR and HER2 were expressed in 53.4%, 46.6% and 18.5%, respectively. ER and PR co-expression was present in 42.7% and 37.9% patients had triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Age was an independent predictor of expression of ER (AOR = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.062–0.541, p = 0.002) and PR (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.129–0.968, p = 0.043). The majority of patients in this study had less than 50 years with high tumour grade. Interestingly, most of them had high expression of HER2 with TNBC which are molecular subtypes of BC with poor prognosis. Age was an independent predictor of expression of both ER and PR.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Dove medical press
dc.subject Hormonal receptors
dc.subject HER2
dc.subject Breast cancer
dc.subject ER
dc.subject PR
dc.subject Estrogen receptors
dc.subject Progesterone receptors
dc.subject Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
dc.subject HER2
dc.subject Female cancer
dc.subject HRs
dc.title Hormonal receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and triple negative immunohistochemical typing in women with breast cancer in Kampala, Uganda
dc.type Article


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