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Breast Cancer
PBC hormone receptor status did not predict CBC hormone receptor status
September 29th, 2005
Hormone receptor status of primary breast cancer (PBC) did not predict the hormone receptor status of the contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to determine whether the hormone receptor status of PBC is predictive of the hormone receptor status of the subsequent CBC. We identified patients in our database with known estrogen receptor (ER; n=193) and/or progesterone receptor (PgR; n=178) status in their PBC and in their subsequent CBC. One hundred twenty-six of these patients had received no adjuvant therapy, 34 had received adjuvant tamoxifen, and 33 had received adjuvant chemotherapy alone." "The...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-29)
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