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Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2020

01-12-2020 | Breast Cancer | ASO Author Reflections

ASO Author Reflections: Time for a Paradigm Shift in “Hormone Receptor Positive” Invasive Breast Cancer?

Author: Christine Dauphine, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Special Issue 3/2020

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The Current National Comprehensive Cancer Network1 and American Society of Clinical Oncology2 clinical practice guidelines outline treatment algorithms for “hormone receptor positive” human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative invasive breast cancers, not specifically accounting for the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status individually. This is largely due to the fact that clinical trials have routinely grouped cancers as “hormone receptor positive” regardless of whether one or both ER and PR stain positive in at least 1% of cells on immunohistochemical evaluation of tissue samples. …
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Title
ASO Author Reflections: Time for a Paradigm Shift in “Hormone Receptor Positive” Invasive Breast Cancer?
Author
Christine Dauphine, MD
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue Special Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08950-4

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