Abstract
Tissue specimens from 55 female patients with benign breast disease were assayed for estrogen receptor. Twenty-one of 55 patients (38%) had tumors which contained significant amounts of estrogen receptor (<10 femtomoles/mg protein). Fibroadenomas possessed estrogen receptor more frequently than fibroystic disease or other benign breast tumors. Estrogen receptor positively did not correlate with laterality of the tumor; location or size of the largest nodule. Patients with estrogen receptor positive tumors had a mean age of 26.9 years compared to 36.4 years for patients with estrogen receptor negative tumors which were estrogen receptor positive compared to zero of 8 postmenopausal patients (p<0.05).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 228-231 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cancer |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1979 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
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Allegra, J. C., Lippman, M. E., Green, L., Barlock, A., Simon, R., Thompson, E. B., Huff, K. K., & Griffin, W. (1979). Estrogen receptor values in patients with benign breast disease. Cancer, 44(1), 228-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(197907)44:1<228::AID-CNCR2820440137>3.0.CO;2-0