Estrogen receptor negative
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Estrogen receptor negative | |
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Term | Estrogen receptor negative |
Short definition | estrogen receptor negative (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter NEH-guh-tiv) Describes cells that do not have a protein that binds to the hormone estrogen. Cancer cells that are estrogen receptor negative do not need estrogen to grow. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
estrogen receptor negative - (pronounced) (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter NEH-guh-tiv) Describes cells that do not have a protein that binds to the hormone estrogen. Cancer cells that are estrogen receptor negative do not need estrogen to grow. This means that they will continue to grow when estrogen is not present and will not stop growing when treated with substances that block estrogen from binding. Also called ER negative
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