Open AccessAccuracy of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Assessment in Core Needle Biopsy Specimens of Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Ramesh Omranipour,
Sadaf Alipour,
Maryam Hadji,
Forouzandeh Fereidooni,
Issa Jahanzad,
Khojasteh Bagheri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iranian red crescent medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2074-1812
pISSN - 2074-1804
DOI - 10.5812/ircmj.10232
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , progesterone receptor , hormone receptor , biopsy , estrogen receptor , cancer , core biopsy , oncology , gynecology , confidence interval , estrogen , hormone therapy
Diagnosis of breast cancer is completed through core needle biopsy (CNB) of the tumors but there is controversy on the accuracy of hormone receptor results on CNB specimens.
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