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Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 10, 4793-4798, July 15, 2004
© 2004 American Association for Cancer Research


Molecular Oncology, Markers, Clinical Correlates

Interlaboratory Comparison of HER-2 Oncogene Amplification as Detected by Chromogenic and Fluorescence in situ Hybridization

Jorma Isola1, Minna Tanner1,2, Amanda Forsyth3, Timothy G. Cooke3, Amanda D. Watters3 and John M. S. Bartlett3

1 Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Medical Technology, University and University Hospital of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; 2 Department of Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; and 3 University Department of Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Purpose: Chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) is a new modification of the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique for detection of oncogene amplification in archival tumor samples. In CISH, the oncogene probe is detected using a peroxidase reaction, allowing use of transmitted light microscopy. We compared detection of HER-2/neu amplification by CISH with a Food and Drug Administration-approved two-color FISH test in an interlaboratory setting.

Experimental Design: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples from 197 breast cancers were analyzed for HER-2 amplification by CISH. Two-color FISH (PathVysion) CISH of 17 centromere was done if the observer considered it necessary to ascertain amplification status in tumors with borderline HER-2 CISH copy numbers.

Results: Paired CISH/FISH results were available from 192 (97%) of 197 cases, no clear difference in success rates of either method was observed. Centromere 17 CISH was considered necessary in seven tumors. CISH and two-color FISH results were concordant in 180 cases (93.8%). There were 92 and 88 tumors found HER-2 amplified and nonamplified, respectively, by both methods. Eight tumors were amplified by CISH but not by FISH, and four tumors exhibited the opposite condition (kappa coefficient 0.875). In 7 of 12 cases differences between the two methods could have related to a lack of CISH chromosome 17 information. The remaining cases were explained by difficult histology (ductal carcinoma in situ, poor representativity, dense lymphocytic infiltration, or intratumoral heterogeneity).

Conclusions: These results indicate that CISH could provide an accurate and practical alternative to FISH for clinical diagnosis of HER-2/neu oncogene amplification in archival formalin-fixed breast cancer samples.




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