Her2 In Gastric Cancer In Albania

By, Prof. Ass. Majlinda Ikonomi, Dr. Shahin Kadare, Blerina Çela

General background
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common cancer in Albania. HER2-positivity rates in GC are reported with a wide range. There is no data for it in Albania.
Materials and method
A total of 192 patients, with primary GCs was retrospectively analyzed for HER2 overexpression by IHC. Dual SISH, was used in only 20 GCs with equivocal results. We dispersed HER2 results by: gender and age, histopathological diagnosis and stage, type of the specimen. The results were compared.

https://doi.org/10.58944/mrjv3643