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. 1998 Sep;89(9):916–922. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00649.x

Allelic Loss on Chromosome 9q Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis of Primary Breast Cancer

Kaori Minobe 1,2, Masahiko Onda 2, Aritoshi Iida 1, Fujio Kasumi 3, Goi Sakamoto 4, Yusuke Nakamura 5, Mitsuru Emi 1,✉
PMCID: PMC5921944  PMID: 9818027

Abstract

Frequent allelic losses on chromosome 9 are seen in a wide variety of human tumors; moreover, two genes (P16 and PTC) whose mutant alleles confer predispositions to some inherited cancer syndromes have been identified on this chromosome. Using 15 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers distributed on both arms of chromosome 9, we tested 96 primary breast carcinomas for allelic loss in order to define the locations of genes that might be involved in this type of tumor. Allelic loss was observed in 37 of the tumors (39%) and detailed deletion mapping identified target regions at 9p21, 9q22.3 and 9q33. Losses at 9q22.3 and 9q33 were correlated with the presence of lymph node metastasis, and allelic loss at 9q22.3 was observed more frequently in scirrhous tumors than in less aggressive histologic types. Therefore, inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in 9q22.3 and 9q33 regions might play a role in progression of breast cancers, especially in metastasis to lymph nodes and in development of scirrhous tumors.

Keywords: key words, Breast cancer, Loss of heterozygosity, Tumor suppressor gene, Chromosome 9

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