Predicting Response to Endocrine Therapy in Human Breast Cancer: A Hypothesis

Kathryn B. Horowitz(The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center), William McGuire(The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center), Olof H. Pearson(Case Western Reserve University), Albert Segaloff(Ochsner Medical Center)
Science
August 29, 1975
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Abstract

We hypothesize that the presence of progesterone receptors in human breast tumors may be a sensitive marker for predicting response to endocrine therapy. Progesterone receptors were found in 56 percent of tumors with estrogen receptors, but were absent in tumors without estrogen receptors. Preliminary clinical correlations show that only those breast tumors with progesterone receptors regressed after endocrine therapy.


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