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. 1978 Dec;38(6):745–748. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1978.282

Relationship between oestrogen-receptor content and histological grade in human primary breast tumours.

P V Maynard, C J Davies, R W Blamey, C W Elston, J Johnson, K Griffiths
PMCID: PMC2009828  PMID: 743491

Abstract

A series of 300 patients presenting consecutively with primary operable breast cancer has been studied. A significant correlation was found between oestrogen-receptor (ER) content and histological grade: the better-differentiated tumours rarely lacked receptor. This correlation was significant only in women defined as post-menopausal. Data on early recurrence of disease indicate a worse prognosis for women in whom primary tumours are ER-.

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