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Metastatic Axillary Adenopathy: Title and subTitle BreakUse of Estrogen Receptor Protein as an Aid in Diagnosis FREE

Sharon Grundfest, MD; Ezra Steiger, MD; Bruce Sebek, MD
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Accepted for publication April 6, 1978.

Reprint requests to Cleveland Clinic Hospital, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 (Dr Steiger).


Arch Surg. 1978;113(9):1108-1109. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1978.01370210090015
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• In a patient with nonpalpable carcinoma of the breast, the diagnosis from a metastatic axillary node was made by measuring estrogen receptor protein (ERP). The specificity of the technique makes it useful as a diagnostic aid in a patient with mammogram negative for tumor.

(Arch Surg 113:1108-1109, 1978)

REFERENCES

Ashikari R, Rosen PP, Urban SA, et al:  Breast cancer presenting as an axillary mass . Ann Surg 183:415-417, 1976;.
Singhakowinta A, Potter HG, Buroker TR:  Estrogen receptor and the natural course of breast cancer . Ann Surg 183:84-88, 1976;.
Walt AJ, Singhakowinta R, Brooks SC, et al:  The surgical implications of estrophile protein estimations in carcinoma of the breast . Surgery 80:506-512, 1976;.
Jensen EV, Polley TZ, Smith S, et al:  Prediction of hormone dependency in human breast cancer , in McGuire WL, Vollmer EP, Carbone PP (eds): Estrogen Receptors in Human Breast Cancer . New York, Raven Press, 1973;, pp 37-53.
McClendon JE, Applebee D, Claudun DB, et al:  Colonic neoplasms: Tissue estrogen receptor and carcinoembryonic antigen . Arch Surg 112:240-241, 1977;.
Fisher RJ, Neifeld JP, Lippman ME:  Oestrogen receptors in human malignant melanoma . Lancet 2:337-339, 1976;.
Golomb H, Thompson S:  Estrogen receptor . Arch Intern Med 135:942-945, 1975;.
Mass H, Bruemmer P, Egert D:  On the existence of receptors for estradiol in normal and malignant human tissue and the mode of action of progesterone . Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 19( (suppl) ):30-34, 1972;.
Jensen E:  Estrogen receptors in human cancers . JAMA 238:59-60, 1977;.
Savlov ED, Witliffe JL, Hilf R:  Further studies of biochemical predictive tests in breast cancer . Cancer 39:539-541, 1977;.
Kiang DT, Kennedy BJ: ER  assay in the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma . JAMA 238:32-34, 1977;.

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Ashikari R, Rosen PP, Urban SA, et al:  Breast cancer presenting as an axillary mass . Ann Surg 183:415-417, 1976;.
Singhakowinta A, Potter HG, Buroker TR:  Estrogen receptor and the natural course of breast cancer . Ann Surg 183:84-88, 1976;.
Walt AJ, Singhakowinta R, Brooks SC, et al:  The surgical implications of estrophile protein estimations in carcinoma of the breast . Surgery 80:506-512, 1976;.
Jensen EV, Polley TZ, Smith S, et al:  Prediction of hormone dependency in human breast cancer , in McGuire WL, Vollmer EP, Carbone PP (eds): Estrogen Receptors in Human Breast Cancer . New York, Raven Press, 1973;, pp 37-53.
McClendon JE, Applebee D, Claudun DB, et al:  Colonic neoplasms: Tissue estrogen receptor and carcinoembryonic antigen . Arch Surg 112:240-241, 1977;.
Fisher RJ, Neifeld JP, Lippman ME:  Oestrogen receptors in human malignant melanoma . Lancet 2:337-339, 1976;.
Golomb H, Thompson S:  Estrogen receptor . Arch Intern Med 135:942-945, 1975;.
Mass H, Bruemmer P, Egert D:  On the existence of receptors for estradiol in normal and malignant human tissue and the mode of action of progesterone . Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 19( (suppl) ):30-34, 1972;.
Jensen E:  Estrogen receptors in human cancers . JAMA 238:59-60, 1977;.
Savlov ED, Witliffe JL, Hilf R:  Further studies of biochemical predictive tests in breast cancer . Cancer 39:539-541, 1977;.
Kiang DT, Kennedy BJ: ER  assay in the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma . JAMA 238:32-34, 1977;.

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