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Subject: breast cancer
Category: Health
Asked by: suzanne666666-ga
List Price: $5.00		 Posted: 28 Sep 2004 20:28 PDT
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Question ID: 407747 
What percentage of DCIS  breast cancer tumors are estrogen receptor positive ?
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Subject: Re: breast cancer
From: blee10-ga on 30 Sep 2004 17:38 PDT		  
A recent review by Leonard and Swain (1) examined the literature
regarding the number of DCIS cases that are ER positive.  They
reviewed 21 independent studies which totaled 1920 patients.  The
average percent of DCIS cases that were ER positive is 64%.  The range
is from 32%-90%.

(1) Leonard GD, Swain SM, JNCI 2004:96(12)906-920
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