Publication: Estrogen Receptor Positive/Progesterone Receptor Negative Breast Carcinomas: A Subgroup Deserves Particular Interest
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Gucin, ZÜHAL
GECER, Melin Ozgun
Buyukpinarbasili, NUR
SONMEZ, Cavide
Ersoy, YELİZ EMİNE
MUSLUMANOGLU, Mahmut
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Objective: Breast carcinomas positive for the estrogen receptor (ER+) but negative for the progesterone receptor (PR−) have unfavorable prognostic features and are resistant to tamoxifen therapy. The goal of this study was to highlight the significance of PR− breast carcinomas.
Methods: Therefore, 146 breast carcinomas comprising 87 ER+/PR+ and 59 ER+/PR− carcinomas were examined. These two groups were compared in terms of age; tumor type; tumor size; histologic grade; presence of an in situ component; lymphovascular and perineural invasion; and ER, PR, c-Erb B2, Ki-67, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) status.
Results: While the number of metastatic lymph node and related pN2+pN3 tumors were found to be significantly higher in the ER+/ PR− group, the differences with respect to the tumor size, metastatic lymph node size, and frequency of lymphovascular invasion were nearly significant.
Conclusion: ER+/PR− tumors have an unfavorable prognosis and show a clinical behavior closer to triple negative ones, although classified as luminal tumors. Revealing the mechanisms causing these differences will enhance the success of breast cancer therapy.
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Gucin Z., GECER M. O. , Buyukpinarbasili N., SONMEZ C., Ersoy Y. E. , MUSLUMANOGLU M., -Estrogen Receptor Positive/Progesterone Receptor Negative Breast Carcinomas: A Subgroup Deserves Particular Interest-, BEZMIALEM SCIENCE, cilt.3, ss.29-32, 2015