title: [Metastatic breast cancers: comparison of the prognostic significance and the sensitivity to chemotherapy according to the presence of estradiol and progesterone receptors].
abstract: 102 patients with disseminated breast cancer entered this retrospective study. An estrogen receptor (ER) assay was realized in 91 patients and a progesterone receptor (PgR) assay in 90 cases; 44 per cent of the patients were considered as ER+ and 29 per cent as PgR+; 56 per cent were considered as ER- PgR-. The objective response rate to cytotoxic chemotherapy after 4 months of treatment was 66 per cent for ER-, 73 per cent for ER+, 67 per cent for PgR- and 74 per cent for PgR+. However, the mean duration of response was significantly shorter for ER- patients, and no difference appeared between PgR+ and PgR- patients. The acturial survival curves demonstrated a favorable prognostic significance of ER+ as compared to ER- p = 0,03), but the difference was slightly more significant for PgR+ as compared to PgR- (p = 0,008). The prognostic significance of PgR in patients with advanced breast cancer treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy does not appear to be related to the sensitivity to this treatment.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000032:analysis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
vernacular_title: Cancers mammaires métastasés: comparaison de la signification pronostique et de la sensibilité à la chimiothérapie selon la présence de récepteurs d'oestradiol et de progestérone.