Metastatic axillary adenopathy. Use of estrogen receptor protein as an aid in diagnosis.
In a patient with nonpalpable carcinoma of the breast, the diagnosis from a metastalic axillary node was made by measuring estrogen receptor protein (ERP). The specificity of the technique makes it useful as a diagnostic aid in a patient with mammogram negative for tumor.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen