Frequency of estrogen and progesterone receptor status in breast cancer patients: a single institutional experience

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Breast cancer is hormone related disease and concerned hormones are Estrogen and Progesterone. Not all patients with breast cancer are positive for Estrogen receptor[ER] and Progesterone receptor [PR]. Western literature shows majority of patients have positivity for ER /PR or both but our experience at Allied Hospital is different as majority of patients have negativity especially the young patients. The objective of this study is to determine the frequency of ER and PR status in breast cancer patients