Correlation of estrogen receptor expression to activity of cell proliferation and chincopathology in brain tumors / 重庆医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the correlation of ER expression to the activity of cell proliferation and clinicopathology in brain tumors(astrocytomas,ependynomas,and medulloblastomas).Methods:The expression of ER and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) were determined by SP immunohistochemical method in 64 cases of brain tumors tissues.Correlation ER expression with chinicopathological characteristics was studied.Results:The positive rates of ER expression in astrocytomas,ependynomas,and medulloblastomas were 39.47%(15/38),35.71%(5/14) and 41.60%(5/12) respectively.Maliganat astrocytomas(42.8%) had a significantly higher ER expression rate compared with Benign astrocytomas(33.3%)(P