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Table 1 OC patient characteristics

From: Steroid hormone receptor expression in ovarian cancer: progesterone receptor B as prognostic marker for patient survival

 

OC tissue samples

OC patients (n)

155

Age at primary diagnosis

59 (range 21–88)

Median age (a)

10 (6.7)

< 40 (n, %)

23 (15.3)

4049 (n, %)

61 (40.7)

5065 (n, %)

56 (37.3)

>65 (n, %)

Histology (%)

serous

70.5

mucinous

13.5

endometrioid

7.7

clear cell

8.3

Tumor grade (%)

low grade

27.2

intermediate

36.5

high grade

36.3

Tumor stage (FIGO) (%)

I

22.6

II

5.8

III

70.3

IV

1.3

Gonadotropin receptor expression (%)[34]

LH-R positive

64.3

FSH-R positive

63.1

Oestrogen receptor expression (%)

ER-α positive

31.4

ER-β positive

60.1

Progesterone receptor expression (%)

PR-A positive

36.2

 

PR-B positive

33.8