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. 1991 Oct;44(10):840-3.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.44.10.840.

Oestrogen receptors in conjunctival malignant melanoma: immunocytochemical study using formalin fixed paraffin wax sections

D A Paridaens  1 , R A Alexander, J L Hungerford, A C McCartney
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Oestrogen receptors in conjunctival malignant melanoma: immunocytochemical study using formalin fixed paraffin wax sections

D A Paridaens et al. J Clin Pathol. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

In a group of 15 women with conjunctival malignant melanoma six cases (40%) were shown to have oestrogen receptor positivity using a monoclonal antibody to oestrogen receptor related antigen (ER-D5, Amersham RPN.710) on formalin fixed, paraffin wax sections. Receptors were also present in the epithelium of these six cases but not in controls and cases without ER-D5 positivity in their tumours. A subset of these aggressive, intractable unilateral tumours may therefore be amenable to hormone treatment.

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