Is it better to be ER PR positive or negative?

Hormone receptor-positive cancers tend to grow more slowly than those that are hormone receptor-negative. Women with hormone receptor-positive cancers tend to have a better outlook in the short-term, but these cancers can sometimes come back many years after treatment.

How Oestrogen & progesterone receptor status is assessed?

Testing estrogen and progesterone receptors The most common method currently used to test a tumor for estrogen and progesterone receptors is called immunohistochemistry or IHC. IHC testing can detect estrogen and progesterone receptors in cancer cells from a sample of tissue.

What does estrogen and progesterone receptor negative mean?

(HOR-mone reh-SEP-ter NEH-guh-tiv) Describes cells that do not have a group of proteins that bind to a specific hormone. For example, some breast cancer cells do not have receptors for the hormones estrogen or progesterone. These cells are hormone receptor negative and they do not need estrogen or progesterone to grow.

What does ER positive PR negative and HER2-negative mean?

Breast cancer groups include: Group 1 (luminal A). This group includes tumors that are ER positive and PR positive, but negative for HER2. Luminal A breast cancers are likely to benefit from hormone therapy and may also benefit from chemotherapy.

Is HER2-negative a good thing?

In normal cells, HER2 helps control cell growth. Cancer cells that are HER2 negative may grow more slowly and are less likely to recur (come back) or spread to other parts of the body than cancer cells that have a large amount of HER2 on their surface.

What percentage of breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive?

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer About 80% of all breast cancers are “ER-positive.” That means the cancer cells grow in response to the hormone estrogen. About 65% of these are also “PR-positive.” They grow in response to another hormone, progesterone.

Can you be HER2-positive and estrogen positive?

Abstract. Background: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer is generally treated with HER2-targeted therapy combined with chemotherapy. Patients with HER2+ and estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) cancer are additionally treated with long-term hormone therapy.

Can you be ER-positive and PR negative?

PR is an estrogen-regulated gene; ER-positive (ER+) tumors are usually also PR positive (PR+), whereas ER-negative (ER-) tumors are usually PR negative (PR-). Therefore, single HR+ (i.e., ER+/PR- or ER-/PR+) tumors represent a minority of breast cancers.

What does it mean to be ER-positive?

Does HER2-negative require chemo?

Many women with hormone-positive, HER2-negative, lymph node-negative early-stage breast cancer who have intermediate risk of cancer recurrence do not need chemotherapy. The exception is that some women who are younger than 50 may benefit when chemotherapy is added to hormone therapy.

Does ER PR positive need chemo?

Most instances of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, node-negative breast cancer <1 cm (T1b), and all cancers ≤0.5 cm (T1a), have a good prognosis with endocrine therapy alone, and do not typically require adjuvant chemotherapy.

What does positive estrogen receptor mean?

Describes cells that have a protein that binds to the hormone estrogen. Cancer cells that are estrogen receptor positive may need estrogen to grow. These cells may stop growing or die when treated with substances that block the binding and actions of estrogen. Also called ER positive.