Abstract:Objective:To investigate the expression of FHITmRNA and WWOXmRNA in human breast cancer tissues and its relation to clinicopathological and other molecular parameters. Methods:With reference to the expression of βactin,the expression of FHITmRNA and WWOXmRNA was determined by reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction(RTPCR) in 51 breast cancer and adjacent breast tissue, and semiquantitative analysis of band densities was performed. The protein expression of estrogen receptor(ER), progesterone receptor (PR), Her2 gene in the 51 breast cancer lesions was detected by immunohistochemical method. Results:FHITmRNA and WWOXmRNA expression was significantly different in 54 breast cancer tissue compared to adjacent breast tissue (P<0.01). The expression of FHITmRNA and WWOXmRNA in 51 breast cancer tissue was reduced and was related to the clinicopathological stage(P>0.05); of FHITmRNA and WWOX mRNA was related to axillary lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). There are correlations between the low expression of FHITmRNA and WWOXmRNA in breast cancer tissue. Conclusions:FHIT and WWOX are candidate tumor suppressor genes. Detected coordinately with other molecular parameters, they can make the prognosis of therapy more accurate to predict.