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progesterone receptor negative

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progesterone receptor negative
Oncology A status of breast CA cells that lack a receptor to which progesterone attach, and thus don't respond to hormonal manipulation


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But because the tumour was oestrogen and progesterone receptor negative, it would not respond to the usual breast cancer drugs.
3 Tumor-associated Negative glycoprotein 72 Progesterone receptor Progesterone receptor Negative Carcinoembryonic Epithelium of colon, Negative antigen pancreas, lung, and breast Estrogen receptor Estrogen receptor Positive in LCC, negative in TCC CAM 5.
Thirty-eight point seven percent of the patients were progesterone receptor negative, with 61.
 
 
 
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