Some differences in steroid receptors between meningeal and neuroepithelial tumors.

In our study we evaluated the presence of steroid hormone receptors in a large series of endocranial tumors and investigated the possible correlations between receptor presence and levels and patient's age and sex. Our data indicate that steroid receptor behavior in the neoplasias considered is quite different from that observed in endocrine-related tumors, such as breast and endometrial cancer. Moreover, in neuroepithelial tumors an interesting difference between male and female subjects has been found regarding the receptor distribution in poor differentiated neoplasias.