Berstein, Lev M. creator editor. Santen, Richard J. editor. SpringerLink (Online service) text xxu 2008 monographic eng

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access online resource. This volume is devoted to the new developments in such topics as mechanisms of hormonal carcinogenesis, epidemiology and risk factors, hormone production by tumor tissue and hormonal sensitivity of the latter, genesis, dichotomy and endocrinology of cancer in females, pharmacogenomics and proteomics in oncoendocrinology, biological core of hormonal and antihormonal therapy of cancer and its prevention. Mechanisms of Hormone Carcinogenesis: -- Adaptation to Estradiol Deprivation Causes Up-Regulation of Growth Factor Pathways and Hypersensitivity to Estradiol in Breast Cancer Cells -- Role of Endocrine-Genotoxic Switchings in Cancer and Other Human Diseases: -- Breast Development, Hormones and Cancer -- Epidemiology of Hormone-Associated Cancers as a Reflection of Age -- Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics: -- Progesterone Receptor Action: -- Aromatase Expression in Women's Cancers -- Proteomics of Cancer of Hormone-Dependent Tissues -- Endogenous Hormone Levels and Risk of Breast, Endometrial and Ovarian Cancers: -- Hormonal Heterogeneity of Endometrial Cancer -- Cell Cycle Machinery: -- Selective Estrogen Modulators as an Anticancer Tool: -- Pharmacogenomics of Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer -- Prevention of Breast Cancer Using SERMs -- General Conclusion. edited by Lev M. Berstein, Richard J. Santen. MEDICINE ONCOLOGY BIOMEDICINE CANCER RESEARCH 614.5999 9780387788180 99780387788180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78818-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78818-0 100301 20260521092007.0 978-0-387-78818-0