Marja Lantta

Specific estradiol (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) in the tumor cytosol of 54 patients with primary ovarian cancer were examined. Also 30 benign ovarian neoplasms and 19 normal ovaries were analysed. Of the malignant tumors, 46% contai…

The binding of progesterone and estradiol to their specific cytoplasmic receptors was studied in cytosols of uterine arteries from 33 women undergoing hysterectomy. Twenty-five patients were premenopausal and one of them was pregnant. The r…