RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Abdelwahab Hashem, Tarek A1 - El-Fotouh, Mohamed A1 - Ehab, A A1 - El Rebey, Hala A1 - Satar, Mahmoud A1 - Attallah, Hany T1 - Her-2 neu status in gastric carcinoma in Egyptian patients: The epidemiology and the response to chemotherapy YR - 2016/4/1 JF - Menoufia Medical Journal JO - Menoufia Med J SP - 449 OP - 453 VO - 29 IS - 2 UL - http://www.mmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-2098;year=2016;volume=29;issue=2;spage=449;epage=453;aulast=Abdelwahab;t=5 DO - 10.4103/1110-2098.192437 N2 - Background: Gastric cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, affecting one million people per year. Currently, gastric cancer is still the seventh most common cause of cancer-related death in the USA, and the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer remains poor. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of Her-2 overexpression and amplification in Egyptian patients with gastric/gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, in correlation with tumor histology, grade, size, and location (cardia vs. noncardia). Patients and methods: This study included 39 eligible patients with pathologically proven gastric/gastroesophageal carcinoma presented to Menoufia University Oncology Hospital, Alexandria Military Hospital, from January 2012 until the end of June 2013. Results: It was found that the mean age was 55.3 years. There was slightly higher incidence in the male population (51.3%). All of them had tumors of diffuse histopathological type. Stage at presentation was as follows: localized, one (2.6%); locally advanced, 20 (51.3%); and metastatic, 18 (46.2%). Her-2 was found to be overexpressed in four out of 39 patients (10.3%). Her-2-negative patients had a significantly longer overall survival (9 months in Her-2 negative-patients vs. 4 months in Her-2-positive patients) (P= 0.01). Progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly prolonged in Her-2-negative patients. Her-2-negative patients had a PFS of 8 months, versus only 4 months in Her-2-positive patients (P= 0.01). Median survival and PFS in locally advanced disease were significantly affected by the Her-2 status (P= 0.02). Neither median survival (P= 0.8) nor PFS (P= 0.5) was affected in metastatic disease. Conclusion: Her-2 is a prognostic factor in a small cohort of Egyptian patients with gastric/gastroesophageal carcinoma. ER -