Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

ER & PR status of Breast Cancer – A Single center study from Guwahati, North East India

Usha Sarma, Ranjana Deka, Swapna Deuri

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 Aim of the study was to determine the hormone receptor status of the east cancer patient who attended a tertiary level medical college hospital situated in Guwahati, North east India. Out of 45 east cancer specimen, 38 numbers of specimen were available for immunohistochemical testing for ER/PR. The result of the study showed 26.3% cases were ER+/PR+, 23.7% cases ER+/PR–, 21.1% ER–/PR+ and 28.9% cases were ER–/PR–. The ER–/PR– cases were found to be high grade disease on histological evaluation. The ER/PR status of every easttumour should be evaluated for IHC as ER/PR positive east tumour has better prognosis and respond better to treatment.

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Usha Sarma, Ranjana Deka, Swapna Deuri ER & PR Status of Breast Cancer – A Single Center Study From Guwahati, North East India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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