TAMOXIFEN AND ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA - ALTERATIONS IN ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN UNTREATED PATIENTS AND COMBINATION HORMONAL-THERAPY IN ADVANCED NEOPLASIA
TAMOXIFEN AND ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA - ALTERATIONS IN ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN UNTREATED PATIENTS AND COMBINATION HORMONAL-THERAPY IN ADVANCED NEOPLASIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9378(84)90187-x
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
WITTLIFF, JL
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作者:
CARLSON, JA;ALLEGRA, JC;WITTLIFF, JL
Estrogen and progesterone receptors were measured in tumors from patients with previously untreated endometrial carcinoma before and after a 5-day course of tamoxifen citrate. On initial biopsy, 13 of 25 tumors (52%) were progesterone receptor-positive, whereas 21 of 25 tumors (84%) were progesterone receptor-positive after tamoxifen. Grades 1 and 2 tumors were more likely to demonstrate this increased incidence of measurable progesterone receptors. Considering that progesterone receptor-positive metastatic endometrial cancer was more responsive to progestin therapy than are progesterone receptor-negative tumors, a phase II clinical trial of tamoxifen plus progestin for patients with recurrent endometrial carcinoma was instituted. Thus far, however, the 33% total response rate achieved with the combination therapy has not been superior to standard progestin therapy.