Highly recurrent der(1;16)(q10;p10) and other 16q arm alterations in lobular breast cancer

Cytogenetic data on infiltrating lobular carcinomas (ILCs) of the breast are described. In addition to 9 tumors, including 2 bilateral ones, with apparently normal chromosomes, recurrent chromosome alterations were found among 18 tumors. A der(1;16)(q10;p10), resulting in 1q gain and 16q loss, was observed in 11 tumors. Chromosome arm 16q was lost by other rearrangements in 3 other tumors. Thus, the deletion of 16q appears to be highly recurrent in ILCs. Compared to infiltrating ductal carcinomas (IDCs), ILCs have fairly simple karyotypes that remain pseudo‐ or near‐diploid in most cases. This finding is confirmed by DNA ploidy studied by flow cytometry, which shows that about half of the tumors are diploid. This makes the der(1;16)(q10;p10) and other alterations of the 16q arm an early alteration of tumor progression, possibly related to the loss of expression of E‐cadherin, whose gene is mapped on the 16q arm. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 23:300–306, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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