Is human hepatocellular carcinoma a hormone-responsive tumor?

Table 1 Expression of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and androgen receptors in HCC

Study	Number of cases	Ethnicity	ER (%)	PgR (%)	AR (%)
Nagasue[11]	30	Japanese	40	NA	NA
Ohnishi[12]	8	Japanese	14	NA	50
Hamazaki[13]	22	Japanese	23	NA	19
Nagasue[14]	19	Japanese women	37	NA	37
Boix[15]	26	Western	15	0	54
Ng[16]	71	Chinese	24	14	NA
Jonas[17]	33	Western	39	18	NA
Liu[18]	66	Chinese	27	30	NA
Vizoso[19]	31	Western	52	84	68

ER: Estrogen receptors; PgR: Progesterone receptors; AR: Androgen receptors; NA: Not available.