Abstract
Estrogen receptor assays were performed on tumor specimens from 6 male patients with documented breast cancer. Five out of six (83%) males had positive ER assays with values ranging from 23–384 femtomoles per mg cytosol protein. A review of the literature showed that 32 out of 38 patients (84%) reported were positive for estrogen receptor. Four out of five ER positive males responded to orchiectomy. Estrogen receptors are present in a high percentage of males with breast cancer and may predict response to treatment, similar to female breast cancer. Copyright © 1980 American Cancer Society
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Gupta, N., Cohen, J. L., Rosenbaum, C., & Raam, S. (1980). Estrogen receptors in male breast cancer. Cancer, 46(8), 1781–1784. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19801015)46:8<1781::AID-CNCR2820460814>3.0.CO;2-F
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