Prognostic Significance of Nuclear Factor Kappa B (p65) among Breast Cancer Patients in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

Abstract: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among African women, with high mortality rates in Ghana. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) has been associated with tumor progression in breast cancer. However, its clinical validation is controversial and understudied with no known published data on NF-kB (p65) among breast cancer patients in Ghana and other African countries. This study assessed the prognostic significance of NF-kB (p65) expression and its association with various clinicopathological features in breast cancer patients. Ninety formalin-fixed breast cancer tissues and 15 normal breast tissues were used to determine the expression of NF-kB (p65) using immunohistochemistry. We explored the correlation between expression of NF-kB (p65) and clinicopathological features. NF-kB (p65) was expressed in 86.7% of breast cancer tissues. There was a significant relationship between NF-kB (p65) expression and tumor grade, proliferation index (Ki67), and molecular subtype. High NF-kB (p65) expression in tumor grade 3 was about 10 times that of grade 1 (54.2% vs. 5.1%), and Ki67 > 20 was 79.7% compared to 20.3% for Ki67 ≤ 20. Patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) had 49.1% overexpression of NF-kB (p65) compared to 17%, 25.4%, and 8.5% for luminal A, luminal B, and HER2 cases, respectively. This study demonstrates that NF-kB (p65) was highly expressed among breast cancer patients at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana, especially in TNBC. NF-kB (p65) could serve as a biomarker for cancer stage, progression, prognosis and as a therapeutic target.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Prognostic Significance of Nuclear Factor Kappa B (p65) among Breast Cancer Patients in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital ; volume:33 ; number:4 ; year:2024 ; pages:310-320 ; extent:11 ; Medical principles and practice ; 33, Heft 4 (2024), 310-320 (gesamt 11)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Barnes, Precious ; Mensah, Abraham ; Derkyi-Kwarteng, Leonard ; Adankwa, Ernest ; Agbo, Elvis ; Yahaya, Ewura Seidu ; Amoani, Benjamin ; Adjei, George ; Ka-Chungu, Samuel Mingyigilougu Apewe ; Akakpo, Patrick Kafui ; Halm-Lai, Faustina ; Dankwa, Kwabena ; Amoako-Sakyi, Daniel ; Nuvor, Samuel Victor ; Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas ; Saahene, Roland Osei

Further information

• DOI: 10.1159/000539241
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408220024262.805957835672
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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