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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the correlation between the response to the estradiol receptor test and some fundamental properties of the tumor and the host, a study was conducted on 337 patients. Primary carcinomas, including lobular carcinomas, and recurrences or metastases are characterized by similar frequencies of response to the estradiol receptor test (68% positive, 26% negative and 6% borderline), while normal breast tissue is characterized by a higher frequency of negative results (3% positive, 71% negative and 26% borderline). Postmenopausal patients show a shift of estradiol receptor levels towards higher values with respect to premenopausal patients. Contemporaneously, an increase in estradiol receptor concentrations with patient age is observed. The clinical stage appears in influence estradiol receptor content only in postmenopausal patients, for whom an increase in the tumor size is accompanied by a decrease in the estradiol receptor levels. The apparent association constant of the receptors assumes values ranging from 1.5 to about 300 X 10(9) M-1 and does not appear to be related to either the type of tumor tissue or to the clinical stage of the tumor, age, or menopausal status of the patients.
pubmed:keyword
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Age Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Biology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Breast Cancer, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Cancer, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Correlation Studies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Demographic Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Diseases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Endocrine System, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Estrogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hormone Receptors--analysis, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hormones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Menopause, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Neoplasms, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Physiology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population Characteristics, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Reproduction, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Research Methodology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Statistical Studies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Studies
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0300-8916
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-12
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: This study reports a statistical analysis of a series of 337 (of 1200 tested) cases of mammary gland tumors for whom complete clinical information was available; estrogen receptor (ER) content was analyzed at various stages of breast cancer with regard to pathologic characteristics, such as the size of the tumor and involvement of axillary nodes, with respect to menopausal status and age of patient. This correlation study showed that primary carcinomas, including lobular carcinomas, and recurrences or metastases were characterized by similar frequencies of response to the ER test (68% positive, 26% negative, and 6% borderline), whereas normal breast tissue was characterized by a higher frequency of negative results (with only 3% positive, 71% negative, and 26% borderline). A shift to higher ER-level values was seem among postmenopausal patients vs. premenopausal ones. At the same time, an increase in ER concentrations with patient age was observed. In postmenopausal, but not in premenopausal, patients clinical stage of the tumor seemed to influence ER content; for these patients, an increase in tumor size was accompanied by a decrease in ER levels. The apparent association constant of the receptors does not appear to be related to either the type of tumor tissue or the clinical stage of the tumor, age, or menopausal status of the patient.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical data and estradiol receptor evaluation in breast cancer biopsies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study