title: [Place of hormone receptor determination in the therapeutic strategy of breast cancer].
abstract: Up to the discovery of hormonal receptors it was somewhat uncertain to prescribe hormonotherapy for the treatment of a breast cancer. The presence of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) allows the estimation of the probability of hormone-dependence. The response to endocrine therapy will be expected with a rate of: 80% of the tumors PR +; 30% of the tumors ER+ but PR-; 10% of the tumors ER - and PR -. The response to chemotherapy is no accurately correlated with the concentration of receptors. The planning of therapy will be founded on the following principles. ER -: less favourable prognosis and unlikely response to endocrine therapy, therefore chemotherapy if the other prognostic factors are bad. ER +: endocrine therapy is required, especially if PR +. The role of chemotherapy ought to be discussed with respect to the other prognostic factors. All these factors are reviewed and a decision-tree of the treatment of advanced breast cancers is put forward. In short, it is obvious that the receptors assays have to be carried out as for as possible.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D006728:Hormones; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
vernacular_title: Place de la détermination des récepteurs hormonaux dans la stratégie thérapeutique des cancers du sein.