Prognostic value of androgen receptor expression in different molecular types of breast cancer in women.

Background: Breast cancer is a common women's disease. Usually, oestrogen is blamed in the aetiology and correlated with the prognosis; however, androgens are recently raising concern about its role in the breast cancer treatment and prognosis.

Methods: In this study we retrieved archival paraffin blocks of breast cancer patients and stained it for androgen.