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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(13):1040-1041; doi:10.1093/jnci/djh202
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Re: Estrogen Receptor Status of Primary Breast Cancer Is Predictive of Estrogen Receptor Status of Contralateral Breast Cancer

William D. Foulkes

Correspondence to: William D. Foulkes, MB, PhD, Program in Cancer Genetics, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar, Rm. L10-116, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4 (e-mail: william.foulkes@mcgill.ca)

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The recent paper by Swain et al. (1) showing a high degree of concordance between the estrogen receptor (ER) status of first primary and contralateral breast cancers is of considerable biological interest, particularly because gene expression studies have shown that a large number of genes distinguish ER-positive from ER-negative breast cancers (2,3). In the study by Swain et al., only women diagnosed before the age of 50 did . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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RESPONSE: Re: Estrogen Receptor Status of Primary Breast Cancer Is Predictive of Estrogen Receptor Status of Contralateral Breast Cancer
Sandra M. Swain and John W. Wilson
J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 1041. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]