title: [The significance of hormone receptor content in primary tumors for cytostatic therapy of advanced breast carcinoma].
abstract: The influence of the hormone receptor content in the primary tumor on the survival of 83 non-selected patients with advanced breast cancer who underwent cytostatic chemotherapy was investigated. 89% of the patients received anthracycline-containing regimens. There were no significant differences between receptor-positive and receptor-negative patients with regard to the localization of metastases. No survival advantage from the start of chemotherapy was found in the overall group of patients with estrogen-receptor-(ER-)positive and/or progesterone-receptor-(PR-)positive tumors. However, separate analysis of the ER-status revealed a significant survival advantage for patients with positive ER compared to those with negative ER (median survival of 18 months from the start of chemotherapy in ER-positive patients versus 9 months in ER-negative patients). These data indicate that the ER-status in the primary tumor may have an impact on the survival of patients treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy for their advanced disease.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Graz.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schünemann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmähl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
vernacular_title: Bedeutung des Hormonrezeptorgehalts im Primärtumor für die zytostatische Therapie des fortgeschrittenen Mammakarzinoms.