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ER-positive is one of the Receptor statuses identified in the classification of breast cancer.Receptor status was traditionally considered by reviewing each individual receptor (ER, PR, her2) in turn, but newer approaches look at these together, along with the tumor grade, to categorize breast cancer into several conceptual molecular classes [1] that have different prognoses [2] and may have ...
Luminal A (ER and/or PR positive; HER2 negative) Luminal B (ER and/or PR positive; HER2 positive) HER2-enriched (ER/PR negative; HER2 positive) Basal like (triple negative). [6] Additionally, cancers can be ER-/PR+ or ER+/PR-, but these are unnamed and relatively rare. [7] The receptor status of a cancer is assessed for all breast cancers as it ...
Receptor status was traditionally considered by reviewing each individual receptor (ER, PR, her2) in turn, but newer approaches look at these together, along with the tumor grade, to categorize breast cancer into several conceptual molecular classes [46] that have different prognoses [39] and may have different responses to specific therapies. [47]
HER2 proteins have been shown to form clusters in cell membranes that may play a role in tumorigenesis. [26] [27] Evidence has also implicated HER2 signaling in resistance to the EGFR-targeted cancer drug cetuximab. [28] The high expression of HER2 correlates with better survival in esophageal adenocarcinoma. [29]
TNM scores are then combined with tumor grades and ER/PR/HER2 status to calculate a cancer case's "prognostic stage group". Stage groups range from I (best prognosis) to IV (worst prognosis), with groups I, II, and III further divided into subgroups IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC. In general, tumors of higher T and N scores and higher ...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is any breast cancer that either lacks or shows low levels of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression and/or gene amplification (i.e. the tumor is negative on all three tests giving the name triple-negative). [1]
The Nottingham prognostic index (NPI) is used to determine prognosis following surgery for breast cancer. [1] [2] Its value is calculated using three pathological criteria: the size of the tumour; the number of involved lymph nodes; and the grade of the tumour. [1] It is calculated to select patients for adjuvant treatment.
The duration of overall response is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for CR or PR (whichever status is recorded first) until the first date that recurrence or PD is objectively documented, taking as reference for PD the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started.