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Estrogen Receptors alpha and beta in Ovarian Cancer: Expression Level and Prognosis

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The quantitative immunofluorescence assay of serous ovarian cancer tissue for the expression of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) revealed a higher expression level of ERβ in comparison with ERα in… Click to show full abstract

The quantitative immunofluorescence assay of serous ovarian cancer tissue for the expression of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) revealed a higher expression level of ERβ in comparison with ERα in all surgical tumor samples investigated. Significant differences in the expression level of the markers were detected “from tumor to tumor.” A high expression level of both ERα (≥ 25%) and ERβ (≥ 44%) in the tumor predicts a significantly longer progression-free survival time (p < 0.01) in the patients after the first line of platinum and taxane-based adjuvant chemotherapy.

Keywords: estrogen receptors; expression; expression level; ovarian cancer

Journal Title: Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics
Year Published: 2018

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