Utility of TP53 in Breast Carcinoma Immunophenotypes

Abstract

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and has significant variability in presentation, treatment response, and prognosis. The management of carcinoma breast is currently based on immunophenotypes and Tumour Nodes Metastasis (TNM) staging. The aim of the study is to review the literature and to look for treatment guidelines of carcinoma breast, the role of immunophenotypes in treatment of carcinoma breast, TP53 mutation in breast cancer, and the relationship of TP53 mutation with immunophenotypes, histological grade, efficacy of chemotherapy, and BRCA (Breast Cancer gene) mutation. Pubmed database was researched and a total of 510 articles were analysed. A total of one meta-analysis, one randomised controlled trial, one literature review, nine prospective studies, and three retrospective studies were included for further analysis. It was observed that TP53 mutation is associated with poor overall survival. It was also found to be inversely associated with the Estrogen Receptor (ER) status and so it was seen more commonly in basal type and HER2/neu enriched breast cancer. There is a need for further studies to establish the definite association between TP53 and immunophenotypes so that TP53 alone can be used as a guide for management in carcinoma breast at low resource centres.