Abstract:Objective To investigate the correlation between topoisomerase IIα ( TOP2A) gene and breast invasive ductal carcinoma. Methods Totally 371 patients with breast invasive ductal carcinoma were included in this study. Abnormalities of TOP2A gene was determined. Expression of ER, PR, Ki67 and HER2 were measured. Clinical characteristics of patients were recorded. Results The abnormal rate of TOP2A gene was 20.49% (76/371), among which were gene amplification (64, 17.25%), gene deletion (12, 3.24%). No obvious relationship was observed between abnormality of TOP2A and age, gender, site, axillary lymph node metastasis orexpression of ER and PR (P > 0.05). Abnormality of TOP2A was positively associated with tumor size and enhance dexpression of Ki67 and HER2 (P < 0.05). Conclusions Abnormality of TOP2A gene provides fundamental evidence for anthracycline as therapeutic approach for patients with breast invasive ductal carcinoma.