Estrogen receptors and response to endocrine therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer
Rubens, R.D.; Hayward, J.L.
Cancer 46(12 Suppl): 2922-2924
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-543X PMID: 7448737 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19801215)46:12+<2922::aid-cncr2820461435>3.0.co;2-dDocument Number: 451007
In a consecutive series of 191 patients with advanced breast cancer, the response rate to endocrine treatment was 46/136 (34%) in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) patients, compared with 5/55 (9%) in estrogen receptor negative (ER-) patients (P < 0.01). In a retrospective analysis of 47 patients, the response rate to cytotoxic chemotherapy was 20/33 (62%) for ER+ tumors and 8/14 (57%) for ER-. It is concluded that ER+ tumors have a significantly higher chance of responding to endocrine therapy than do ER- tumors, but that receptor status is not a determinant of response to cytotoxic chemotherapy.