ER8. PR8

• ER+/PR+: About 65% of estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancers are also progesterone-receptor-positive. This means that the cells have receptors for both hormones, which could be supporting the growth of the breast cancer.

Regarding the presence of these receptors "supporting the growth of the breast cancer". ER-positive breast cancers have the most favorable outlook of all molecular sub types.

Any positive test result — whether just for estrogen receptors, just for progesterone receptors, or both — means that the breast cancer is considered “hormone-receptor-positive.” Hormonal therapy may help to slow or stop the growth of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancers by lowering your body’s estrogen levels or blocking the effects of estrogen. These medications also may reduce the risk that the cancer will come back (recur).

www.breastcancer.org/.../read_results

Hi trainee I'm Er6 and Pr4 and hoping the Er score is high enough for a reasonable result from Anastrozole x

Hi mamasatch, I am ER+8 and PR+8 and HER2+

I was at the oncologist yesterday as I didn't want to take any AI like anastrazol she explained the numbers.On a scale of 1-8 is the amount of aggressiveness of the hormone receptors not the cancer itself, so as I am 8 she said I was the highest risk of these cells producing oestrogen which the cancer can feed off and therefore put you at more risk of an earlier recurrence.

In fact it was the amount of detail she gave that actually made me change my mind and take the hormonal therapy treatment.

Dreamthief is the person for this sort of thing as he is a marvel with the stats. I don't know how to tag but hopefully someone else can.

xx

My cancer nurse told.me.it was excellent news because of being pot menopause as this means not producing much of either anymore and because receptive to hormone treatment at a high level would.make it far more easy to treat. If you are pre menopause then you are producing more but again hormone treatment should be highly effective you just have a different type maybe tamoxifen for pre menopause.

Hi mazza

can I ask how you’re getting on now? I’m also stage 3 abs grade 3 Er8 pr8, though pre-menopause.  many thanks x