In:
Tumori Journal, SAGE Publications, Vol. 80, No. 1 ( 1994-02), p. 56-60
Abstract:
The purpose of our research was to investigate the relations between the levels of epidermal growth factor receptor and estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancers of premenopausal and postmenopausal Polish women. Methods Cell membrane levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R), and cytosol (c) estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors were determined in 221 specimens of primary breast cancers. ERc and PRc were assayed using the dextran-coated charcoal procedure, and EGF-R were assayed by the radioligand method of specific saturation of the crude membrane fraction with 125 I-EGF Results A statistically significant inverse correlation was found in all tumors between the concentrations of EGF-R and ERc, whereas for PRc significance of this correlation was not fully confirmed. ERc concentrations in tumors were positively correlated with age of patients, whereas EGF-R and PRc were not. In all, in premenopausal, and in postmenopausal EGF-R-positive tumors (≥ 10 fmol/mg of membrane protein), mean concentrations of ERc did not differ significantly. These groups of tumors seem to be homogeneous with respect to ERc concentrations. In EGF-R-negative ( 〈 10 fmol/mg of membrane protein) postmenopausal tumors, the mean ERc concentration was significantly higher than in premenopausal tumors, hence these groups of tumors appear to be heterogeneous with regard to ERc con tens: Conclusions The present findings may have significance in differentiation of postmenopausal breast cancer.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0300-8916
,
2038-2529
DOI:
10.1177/030089169408000111
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1994
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