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ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR-LEVEL


subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 21/05/2002
originator: Claudia
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISATEST-RESULT
ANCESTORSALL
ATTRIBUTE
BINARY-ATTRIBUTE
LITERAL-ATTRIBUTE
PROPERTY
TEST-RESULT
RELATIONSDOMAIN : ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR-TEST


English
estrogen receptor levelterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: amount of protein in a cancer cell to which estrogen can attach itself. As determined by an estrogen receptor test, the higher the estrogen level, the more likely the cancer is to be stimulated by estrogen (estrogen dependent), and the more likely that treatment with an anti-estrogen drug will be an effective treatment. (en)

Spanish
nivel del receptor de estrógenoterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: Resultado de una prueba de receptor de estrógeno que se realiza durante una biopsia de un trozo de tejido canceroso de mama para determinar si su crecimiento está relacionado con la hormona estrógeno. Unos dos tercios de los cánceres de mama son estrógeno dependientes. En aproximadamente la mitad de estos cánceres el tumor encoge sin estrógeno. (es)