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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
11
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-2-14
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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.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0277-5379
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
21
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1331-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:year |
1985
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Comparison of histo- and biochemical methods for estrogen and progesterone receptor analysis in primary human breast carcinoma.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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