Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Validated clinico-pathologic nomogram in the prediction of HER2 status in gastro-oesophageal cancer. 30745584 2019
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Detection of a single ERBB2-amplified DCC was the most important risk factor for death from esophageal cancer (relative risk = 4.22; 95% CI = 1.91-9.32; p < 0.001). 29044505 2018
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The interplay of dual MET/HER2 overexpression in the AKT and ERK pathways for esophageal cancer is described. 29223420 2018
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The key to effective treatment of HER2 amplified GOC lies in understanding these mechanisms and tailoring HER2 inhibition for GOC patients in order to improve clinical outcomes. 30079142 2018
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy is standard of care for HER2 positive advanced gastro-esophageal cancers. 28600510 2017
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Of 545 patients accrued to the trial (gastric, 87.3%; GEJ, 8.3% and esophageal cancer, 4.4%), 487 patients (89%) were centrally confirmed as having HER2-amplified disease. 27811012 2017
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE With standardized HER2 testing in gastro-esophageal cancer, the ongoing trials are testing newer agents and combinations including combination of anti-HER2 antibodies with immunotherapy. 28387541 2017
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE HER2 testing in advanced gastric and gastro-oesophageal cancer: analysis of an Australia-wide testing program. 28823752 2017
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Patients with advanced or metastatic oesophageal cancer are treated with palliative chemotherapy; those who are human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive may also benefit from trastuzumab treatment. 28748917 2017
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE HER2 expression was analysed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and silver in situ hybridization (SISH) in 152 archival oesophageal cancer specimens. 26422587 2016
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE ERCC1-SNP in combination with mRNA ERCC1, DPYD, and ERBB2 from pretherapeutic endoscopic biopsies can predict minor response to chemoradiation, as a basis for individualized therapy of advanced esophageal cancer. 27741011 2016
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This receptor tyrosine kinase is upregulated in 10-20% of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues, and amplification of ERBB2 has been correlated with poor prognosis in esophageal cancer. 27203740 2016
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, concomitant blockage of the ErbB2-PI3K pathway and the Hedgehog downstream mediator Gli-1 may provide a new therapeutic strategy for esophageal cancer. 25435423 2015
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lapatinib versus lapatinib plus capecitabine as second-line treatment in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-amplified metastatic gastro-oesophageal cancer: a randomised phase II trial of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie. 25694417 2015
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Targeted ERBB2/HER2 inhibitors are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of breast, gastric, and esophageal cancers that overexpress or amplify HER2/ERBB2, as measured by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), respectively. 25480824 2015
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Rapid fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) for HER2 (ERBB2) assessment in breast and gastro-oesophageal cancer. 25576545 2015
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Automation of HER2 FISH analysis in oesophageal cancer has not been performed before. 24043715 2014
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Promising markers that emerged for the prediction of overall survival in esophageal squamous cell cancer included VEGF (18 eligible studies, n=1476, HR=1.85, 95% CI, 1.55-2.21), cyclin D1 (12 eligible studies, n=1476, HR=1.82, 95% CI, 1.50-2.20), Ki-67 (3 eligible studies, n=308, HR=1.11, 95% CI, 0.70-1.78) and squamous cell carcinoma antigen (5 eligible studies, n=700, HR=1.28, 95% CI, 0.97-1.69); prognostic markers for esophageal adenocarcinoma included COX-2 (2 eligible studies, n=235, HR=3.06, 95% CI, 2.01-4.65) and HER-2 (3 eligible studies, n=291, HR=2.15, 95% CI, 1.39-3.33); prognostic markers for uncategorized ECs included p21 (9 eligible studies, n=858, HR=1.27, 95% CI, 0.75-2.16), p53 (31 eligible studies, n=2851, HR=1.34, 95% CI, 1.21-1.48), CRP (8 eligible studies, n=1382, HR=2.65, 95% CI, 1.64-4.27) and hemoglobin (5 eligible studies, n=544, HR=0.91, 95% CI, 0.83-1.00). 24206575 2013
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE HER2 positivity does not seem to predispose to brain colonization in gastro-esophageal cancer. 23482783 2013
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We evaluated the antitumor effects of lapatinib, a dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor which simultaneously inhibits EGFR and HER2, 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) alone and in combination on esophageal cancer cells. 22293713 2012
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cap-dependent mRNA translation and the ubiquitin-proteasome system cooperate to promote ERBB2-dependent esophageal cancer phenotype. 22767218 2012
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Discovery of the over-expression of Her-2/neu or the amplification of its regulatory gene in stomach and esophageal cancer has resulted in targeted treatment directed at this protein. 21783379 2012
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The copy number variation of erbB2 gene from plasma can be used as prognostic marker for early detection of patients at risk of worse clinical outcome in esophageal cancer. 21481261 2011
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lapatinib inhibits receptor phosphorylation and cell growth and enhances antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity of EGFR- and HER2-overexpressing esophageal cancer cell lines. 21207425 2011
CUI: C0546837
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE True HER2 gene amplification was detected in 14 esophageal cancer specimens (16%), and 92% of those with high-level HER2 amplification showed positive HER2 protein overexpression. 21267790 2011