progesterone receptor assay

Oncology A test that detects progesterone receptors in breast and endometrial CAs. See Progesterone receptor positivie. Cf Estrogen receptor.

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Technologist time freed up by the robot on these tests enabled us to add a progesterone receptor assay, which physicians had long sought.

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It has certainly lagged significantly behind estrogen and progesterone receptor assay validation.

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The individual attention to each specimen that estradiol and progesterone receptor assays require, for example, limits the number of specimens in a batch.

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(52.) Oxley DK, Haven GT, Wittliff JL, et al: Precision in estrogen and progesterone receptor assays: Results of the first CAP pilot survey.

American society of clinical oncology/college of American pathologists guideline recommendations for immunohistochemical testing of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer (unabridged version)