Ask DR PHILIPPA
Jun 23, 2020
2 minutes
WORDS: ROSE GOODMAN.
Unsure of my diagnosis
QI have been told that I have an oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer – what does that even mean?
Philippa says
A Having an oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer refers to the hormones that the cancer is responsive to, meaning that an oestrogen-receptor-positive cancer responds to the hormone oestrogen. It also means
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