Steroid Hormone Receptor Expression in Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Analysis of 182 Tumors

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Purpose: Steroid hormone receptor expression has an essential role in cancer of the prostate and breast but there is only limited experience with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), especially regarding prognostic and therapeutic impact.Materials and Methods: A total of 188 cases of RCC were stained immunohistochemically for the expression of estrogen (ER), progesterone (PR) and androgen (AR) receptors using a tissue microarray technique. Nuclear steroid hormone receptor immunoreactivities were analyzed semiquantitatively with respect to associations with histological subtype, pT stage, grading and gender using Fisher's exact test. Impact on disease-free survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method.Results: Sufficient tumor tissue was present in 182 of the 188 RCCs. AR expression was found in 27 of 182 tumors (14.8%) in 24 male and 3 female patients. AR expression was significantly associated with stage pT1 compared with pT3 (p <0.0001), and grades 1 and 2 compared with grade 3 (p = 0.0005). Regard...