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Clinicopathological characteristics of oestrogen receptor negative, progesterone receptor positive breast cancers: re-evaluating subsets within this group.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Apr 2017
Ahmed Syed Salahuddin, Thike Aye Aye, Zhang Kathryn, Lim Jeffrey Chun Tatt, Tan Puay Hoon
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AIMS: The presence of oestrogen and progesterone receptors (ER, PR) in breast carcinoma is an important prognostic indicator as well as a predictor of likely response to hormonal treatment. Current ambiguity surrounds ER-negative (-)/PR-positive (+) breast cancer (BC) as to whether this phenotype exists as a distinct entity. The independent predictive value of PR for treatment considerations is also in question,...
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