Estrogen receptor status and response to chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer: The tufts-shattuck-pondville experience
Autor: | Thomas A. Marsland, Charles Rosenbaum, Leo L. Stolbach, Shanthi Raam, Joseph L. Cohen |
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Rok vydání: | 1980 |
Předmět: |
Oncology
Gynecology Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Chemotherapy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Population Estrogen receptor Cancer Disease medicine.disease Menopause Breast cancer Internal medicine medicine education business Estrogen Receptor Status |
Zdroj: | Cancer. 46:2919-2921 |
ISSN: | 1097-0142 0008-543X |
DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0142(19801215)46:12+<2919::aid-cncr2820461434>3.0.co;2-x |
Popis: | 88 patients with advanced breast cancer were retrospectively reviewed to compare (ER) estrogen receptor data with response to cytotoxic chemotherapy. All assays were done in a single laboratory and all patients were cared for at a single institution. 34 patients were treated with chemotherapy 30 of whom were evaluable for response by criteria of the (ECOG) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Of 16 ER+ patients 12 (75%) responded; of 14 ER- patients 6 (43%) responded (P |
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