ea0014p116 | (1) | ECE2007
Vincze Borbála
, Pommersheim Ferenc
, Udvarhelyi Nora
, Horváth Zsolt
, Kapuvári Bence
, Boldizsár Mariann
, Köves István
, Orosz Zsolt
, Láng István
Human breast cancer tissue is able to concentrate estrogens. 17-beta-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1) are produced locally through several mechanisms, e.g. from conjugated and unconjugated steroid hormones uptaken from the circulation. This study was aimed to investigate the correlation between endogenous serum sex steroid concentrations and tumour receptor status in postmenopausal breast cancer patients undergoing surgical intervention. The study involved 740 postmenopausal pa...