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Hormone therapy in breast and prostate cancer /

In Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer, many of today's leading researchers and clinicians describe the principles underlying targeted hormonal treatments, assess the actions of new and established agents, and illustrate the new applications of hormonal chemoprevention for breast canc...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Jordan, V. Craig (Virgil Craig), Furr, B. J. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Humana Press, 2009.
Series:Cancer drug discovery and development.
Subjects:
Breast > Cancer > Hormone therapy.
Prostate > Cancer > Hormone therapy.
Estrogen > Antagonists > Therapeutic use.
Antiandrogens > Therapeutic use.
Breast Neoplasms > drug therapy.
Prostatic Neoplasms > drug therpy.
Androgen Antagonists > therapeutic use.
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal > therapeutic use.
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators > therapeutic use.
Tamoxifen > therapeutic use.
Medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer, many of today's leading researchers and clinicians describe the principles underlying targeted hormonal treatments, assess the actions of new and established agents, and illustrate the new applications of hormonal chemoprevention for breast cancer. Topics range from preclinical and clinical antiestrogens to the inhibition of estrogen synthesis and the effects of androgen withdrawal. A wide variety of proven and new agents are discussed-antiestrogens, including aromatase inhibitors (anastrozole, letrozole, and others), SERMs (tamoxifen, raloxife.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 420 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781592591527 (electronic bk.)
1592591523 (electronic bk.)