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Hormones and Cancer: Breast and Prostate, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Volume 40-3 (Hardcover)
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Hormones and Cancer: Breast and Prostate, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Volume 40-3 (Hardcover)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Total price: R1,945
Discovery Miles: 19 450
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This issue of Endocrinology Clinics brings the reader up to date on
the latest information about hormones and cancer of the breast and
prostate.? The first section focuses on the breast, and topics
covered include the following.? The role of sex steroids and their
receptors in normal breast development; estrogen carcinogenesis in
breast cancer; hormonal mechanisms underlying the relationship
between obesity and breast cancer; postmenopausal hormone
replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer; aromatase
inhibitors, anti-estrogen and SERMS in the treatment of breast
cancer; and androgens in breast cancer in men and women.? The
second section is devoted to the prostate, and topics covered
include the following.? Overview of prostate anatomy, histology,
and pathology; the critical role of sex steroids in normal prostate
development; estrogens and androgens in prostate cancer development
and the rationale for hormonal chemopreventive therapies; weighing
the clinical evidence regarding the timing and extent of androgen
ablative therapy for prostate cancer treatment; new hormonal
therapies for castration-resistant prostate cancer; and the
management of the side effects of castration therapy.
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