A controversial ER negative PR positive molecular subtype of breast carcinoma-Report of two cases.

Breast Dis

Department of Surgical Oncology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Published: November 2023

ER-/PR+ is a controversial subtype and is not formally recognised as molecular subtype of breast carcinoma. Few studies concluded that this subtype does not exist and is due to technical errors, however, in contrast others consider it to be distinct entity with different response to therapy and clinical outcome. It is also essential to know whether this subtype shows any distinct histomorphological features or prognosis.Therefore, the present two cases of controversial subtype ER-/PR+ breast cancer is being reported with both the cases showing neuroendocrinal differentiation.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BD-230039DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

molecular subtype
8
subtype breast
8
controversial subtype
8
subtype
6
controversial negative
4
negative positive
4
positive molecular
4
breast carcinoma-report
4
carcinoma-report cases
4
cases er-/pr+
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!