It means the cancer doesn't have any of the receptors commonly found in other breast cancers. Basically, your cancer isn't being fed by hormones. That's a simplistic explanation. Sometimes after surgery, folk are told there is a receptor, so the diagnosis is changed. Not always, but sometimes.
It means the cancer doesn't have any of the receptors commonly found in other breast cancers. Basically, your cancer isn't being fed by hormones. That's a simplistic explanation. Sometimes after surgery, folk are told there is a receptor, so the diagnosis is changed. Not always, but sometimes.
