hormone (estrogen) receptor status panel

Indications

• assessment of whether breast cancer tumor is positive for estrogen &/or progesterone receptors

Clinical significance

• estrogen receptor positive confers better prognosis
• HER2/neu protein expression also influences prognosis of breast cancer

More general terms

• chemistry panel

More specific terms

• estrogen receptor in tissue
• Neu-N antigen in tissue
• progesterone receptor in tissue

Additional terms

• estrogen receptor
• Progesterone receptor; PR; nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 3 (PGR, NR3C3)

Components

• Neu-N antigen in tissue

Patient information

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