p53 accumulation in benign breast biopsy specimens
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Journal
Human Pathology
Volume
26
Issue
2
DOI
10.1016/0046-8177(95)90031-4
Keywords
breast cancer; fibroadenoma; fibrocystic disease; immunohistochemistry; p53
Abstract
Several studies of benign breast lesions using methacran-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues and cytological preparations have suggested that p53 accumulation in these lesions as detected by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining is rare to absent. As a result, several different investigators have suggested that p53 immunoreactivity in breast specimens infers a diagnosis of malignancy or may identify premalignant lesions. We immunostained 271 breast biopsy specimens from 271 patients with the monoclonal anti-p53 antibody BP53-12 and found positive nuclear staining in seven of 23 malignant lesions (30%) and 39 of 248 benign biopsy specimens (16%). Of the benign lesions, 30% of fibroadenomas, nonpremalignant breast lesions, were positive. Long-term follow-up information was available on 48 patients with benign biopsy specimens and showed that 12% of those positive and 7% of those negative for p53 developed breast carcinoma. This difference was not significant (P > .2). We conclude that (1) p53 immunoreactivity in breast lesions should not be used as exclusive evidence of malignancy and (2) p53 immunoreactivity in benign breast lesions may not identify a subset of patients at increased risk for breast carcinoma. © 1995.
APA Citation
Younes, M., Lebovitz, R., Bommer, K., Cagle, P., Morton, D., Khan, S., & Laucirica, R. (1995). p53 accumulation in benign breast biopsy specimens. Human Pathology, 26 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0046-8177(95)90031-4