TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 1987 , Vol 2 , Num 1
TEKSEN ÇAMLIBEL, AYDIN DEMİRCAN
Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum AD In this article, estrogen (ER), progesterone(PR), and androgen(AR) receptors were measured in 76 endometrial, 24 ovarian and 10 cervical cancer patients. In Grade and Grade endometrial carcinomas 65% were ER(+), and 55% were PR(+); in Grade carcinomas 50% were ER(+), and 22% were PR(+). Staging was done in 11 ovarian cancer patients. 6 patients were stage-III and all of them were PR(-), and 2 were ER(+); 5 patients were stage-IV, 3 were ER(+), and 3 were PR(+). In cervical carcinoma cases 6 were ER(+), and 4 were PR(+). Androgen receptors were present in 1 case of endometrial cancer and in 2 cases of ovarian cancers; it was not present in 10 cases of cervical cancer. Keywords :