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ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR-TEST


originator: Claudia
origination date: 30/10/2001
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
check date: 22/04/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAHORMONE-ASSAY
ANCESTORSALL
BLOOD-TEST
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
HORMONE-ASSAY
MEDICAL-SERVE
NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSDIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST


English
estrogen receptor testreliability code: 10
definition: test carried out during the biopsy of cancerous breast tissue to determine of its growth is dependent on the hormone estrogen. About two-thirds of breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive (estrogen dependent). In about half of those cancers, the tumor will shrink if the tumor is deprived of estrogen. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
term type: main entry term
ERterm type: acronym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: test carried out during the biopsy of cancerous breast tissue to determine of its growth is dependent on the hormone estrogen. About two-thirds of breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive (estrogen dependent). In about half of those cancers, the tumor will shrink if the tumor is deprived of estrogen. (en)

Spanish
prueba de receptor de estrógenosterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: feminine
definition: prueba de sangre 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)