Survival of women with ovarian carcinomas and borderline tumors is not affected by estrogen and progesterone receptor status.

CONCLUSION: Overall, serous and endometrioid tumors were predominantly ER/PR positive, whereas mucinous and clear-cell tumors were preponderantly ER/PR negative. DFS and OS were not affected by ER/PR expression. PMID: 23653835 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23653835?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Gynecologic Oncology - December 2, 2014 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research