OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated correlations of estrogen-receptor and progesterone-
receptor with conventional risk factors as well as histopathology in patients with primary …

Abstract Human breast carcinomas (n= 232) were evaluated for estrogen and progesterone
receptors (ER, PR) by immunohistochemical study and by cytosol steroidbinding assay (n …

Microscopic review of 490 consecutive human breast biopsy and mastectomy specimens
were correlated with estrogen and progesterone receptor content of the tissue, by subtype …

Paraffin sections or fine-needle aspiration smears from 5,993 cases of invasive mammary
carcinomas were assessed immunohistochemically for estrogen receptor (ER; 1D5) and …

Abstract From October 1977 to December 1983, estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone
receptor (PR) levels were measured in 645 tumors from women with primary, unilateral …

To establish the reliability and biologic importance of quantitative immunohistochemical
assays for estrogen receptors, more than 200 stage I and II breast cancers were studied …

Over the last few years, estrogen receptor determinationby means of immunohistochemistry
has been extensively used. The aim of this study was to comparethis technique with …

Correlations between the oestrogen receptor (ER) content and histology of human breast
cancer are reviewed. Although conventional receptor assays of tissue homogenates may …

AIMS: To consider the prognostic role of oestrogen receptor and progesterone receptor
status in relation to the age at surgery, length of follow up and lymph node status …

Biochemical quantitation of estrogen receptors has been used to predict prognosis in breast
cancer. Immunocytochemical analysis of estrogen receptors correlates with biochemical …