Title | Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer [electronic resource] / edited by V. Craig Jordan, Barrington J.A. Furr |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2002 |
Edition | 1 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-152-7 |
Descript | XIV, 420 p. 36 illus. online resource |
An Introduction to the Regulation of Sex Steroids for the Treatment of Cancer -- An Introduction to the Regulation of Sex Steroids for the Treatment of Cancer -- Preclinical Antiestrogens -- Antiestrogens and the Cell Cycle -- Drug Resistance to Antiestrogens -- Mechanisms of Liver Carcinogenesis by Antiestrogens -- The Effects of Triphenylethylene Antiestrogens on Parameters of Multistage Hepatocarcinogenesis in the Rat -- Preclinical Studies of Raloxifene and Related Compounds -- Pure Antiestrogens -- Antiestrogens: Clinical -- Tamoxifen for the Treatment of Breast Cancer -- Clinical Utility of New Antiestrogens -- Breast-Cancer Prevention with Antiestrogens -- Inhibition of Estrogen Synthesis -- Aromatase Inhibitors -- Clinical Utility of Aromatase Inhibitors -- LH-RH Agonists for the Treatment of Breast Cancer -- Androgens and Androgen Withdrawal -- Molecular Action of Androgens -- Steroidal Antiandrogens -- Nonsteroidal Antiandrogens -- LH-RH Agonist Role in Prostate Cancer Management -- Perspective on Progress -- Recent Progress in Breast Cancer Research