Paolo Nuciforo, Sheeno Thyparambil, Claudia Aura, Ana Garrido-Castro, Marta Vilaro, Vicente Peg, José Jimenez, Rocio Vicario, Fabiola Cecchi, William Hoos, Jon Burrows, Todd Hembrough, Juan Carles Ferreres, José Perez-Garcia, Joaquin Arribas, Javier Cortes, Maurizio Scaltriti
INTRODUCTION: Current methods to determine HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) status are affected by reproducibility issues and do not reliably predict benefit from anti-HER2 therapy. Quantitative measurement of HER2 may more accurately identify breast cancer (BC) patients who will respond to anti-HER2 treatments. METHODS: Using selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (SRM-MS), we quantified HER2 protein levels in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples that had been classified as HER2 0, 1+, 2+ or 3+ by immunohistochemistry (IHC)...
January 2016: Molecular Oncology