• Estrogen receptor protein was found in 24% of colonic neoplasms. Presence of estrogen
receptor activity was independent of age or sex of the patient, state of differentiation or …

Recently there have been several reports documenting the presence of estrogen receptors
(ERs) in human gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies, raising the possibility that these cancers …

The oestrogen receptor content of colorectal adenocarcinoma was investigated using an
established ligand binding biochemical assay and two more recently introduced techniques …

Adenocarcinomas of the large bowel in 28 consecutive patients were examined for the
presence of estrogen and progestin receptor proteins. None of the specimens showed …

• One hundred three diverse benign and malignant human tissues have been assayed for
estrogen receptor proteins. Receptors were detected in many endocrine and nonendocrine …

The measurement of estrogen as well as progesterone receptors has been applied clinically
to predict the effectiveness of endocrine therapy in patients with breast or endometrial …

Existing data suggest that there is a hormonal basis to the cause of colon cancer. In the
present study, we evaluated the presence of estrogen receptors (ERs) and progesterone …

Two cases of metastatic malignant carcinoid tumor in elderly women contained significant
amounts of estrogen receptor (19 and 32 femtomoles/mg protein) as shown by Scatchard …

Estrogen receptors have been found in normal and neoplastic gastrointestinal mucosa. The
aim of our study was to verify whether the content of cytosolic estrogen receptor in normal …

Tumors from patients with primary colon cancer were studied for the presence of steroid
hormone receptors for estrogen (E2), progesterone (Prog), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and …