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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Breast cancer is often hormone responsive, since growth or regression of tumors can often be modulated by appropriate endocrine manipulations. Estrogen and progesterone appear to be major hormones involved in regulation of breast tumor growth. It has been recently argued that a more accurate marker of hormonal responsiveness might result if an end product of an intact estrogen response system were measured instead of the initial hormone binding step. Progesterone receptor (PgR) has been investigated in this regard since it can be readily measured in human breast tumors and there is clear evidence in experimental breast tumor model systems that PgR is under acute estrogen control. PgR is rarely found in ER- metastatic breast tumors but is present in approximately 59% of ER+ metastatic tumors, especially in those tumors with high levels of ER. Preliminary clinical correlation of ER, PgR and response to endocrine therapy is encouraging. The response rate is significantly higher if the tumor contains both ER and PgR than if the tumor contains ER alone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2934-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:326386-Adrenalectomy, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Androgens, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Castration, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Estrogens, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Female, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Hypophysectomy, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Menopause, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Progesterone Congeners, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Receptors, Androgen, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:326386-Receptors, Progesterone
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Current status of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review