title: [Receptor assessment of primary breast carcinoma and synchronous metastatic lymph nodes: histochemical study].
abstract: Several AA, utilizing the biochemical method (DCC) showed the presence or absence of hormonal receptor in either synchronous or metachronous metastatic nodes (N) can reproduce the receptor assessment (AR) of the primary breast tumor (T). We evaluated the AR in T and in synchronous N, by using two morphological methods, immunocytochemical and histofluorescent, to detect the nuclear Estrogen Receptor (ER1) and cytoplasmic sites of the II type (ER2 and PgR2). We studied 50 patients who underwent radical mastectomy for breast cancer N+. In this series we founded a high correlation between AR in T and in N: 82% for ER1, 94% for ER2, and 92% for PgR2. Also we observed 4 cases (2 ER1 and 2 PgR2) which presented the receptor in N only. These data are comparable to results obtained with the DCC method and confirm the opportunity to perform also morphological techniques to evaluate AR in breast cancer to take into consideration also cellularity and tumor heterogeneity informations.
authors.affiliation: Unità operativa di anatomia patologica Istituto Oncologico di Bari.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barletta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bellomo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caponio
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sapia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rella
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tommasi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011987:Receptors, Steroid
vernacular_title: Assetto recettoriale del carcinoma mammario primitivo e della metastasi linfonodale sincrona: studio istochimico.