Estrogen Receptor Positive (ES-truh-jin Rih-SEP-ter PAH-zuh-tiv) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Estrogen Receptor Positive (ES-truh-jin Rih-SEP-ter PAH-zuh-tiv)? ER+. Describes cells that have a protein to which the hormone estrogen will bind. Cancer cells that are ER+ need estrogen to grow, and may stop growing when treated with hormones that block estrogen from binding.

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