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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and twenty-three primary breast carcinomas have been examined under optimal procedural conditions for presence and quantity of estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PgR) receptors by a histochemical method using hormones conjugated to fluoresceinated bovine serum albumin and by a conventional biochemical (dextran-coated charcoal) assay. The semiquantitative histochemical results for ER and PgR were strongly positively correlated, as were the corresponding quantitative biochemical results, but there was no significant correlation between histo- and biochemical results for ER, nor between the corresponding results for PgR. By generally accepted cut-off limits for positivity there was an equal frequency of ER- and PgR-positive tumors by the histochemical method (71 and 67% respectively), whereas there was a significantly higher frequency of ER- than PgR-positive tumors by the biochemical method (76 and 59%). The qualitative agreement between the two methods was 76% for ER and 61% for PgR, and there was a correspondingly inferior sensitivity and specificity of the histochemical method in comparison with the biochemical method, whose value is clinically validated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0277-5379
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1331-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of histo- and biochemical methods for estrogen and progesterone receptor analysis in primary human breast carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't