## BACKGROUND. Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) status at the time of breast carcinoma surgery is used as a marker of both prognosis and hormone dependency to guide adjuvant therapy. The authors studied the influence of hormonal milieu at the time of surgery on ER and PgR lev
Changes in estrogen and progesterone receptor content of primary breast carcinoma during the menstrual cycle
β Scribed by Donald A. Weimer; William L. Donegan
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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