estrogen receptor negative
- estrogen receptor negative
ER-. Describes cells that do not have a protein to which the hormone estrogen will bind. Cancer cells that are ER- do not need estrogen to grow, and usually do not stop growing when treated with hormones that block estrogen from binding. Also called ER-.
English dictionary of cancer terms .
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