Hormones, genes, and cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Henderson, Brian E., Ponder, B. A. J. (Bruce A. J.), 1944-, Ross, Ronald K. (Ronald Keith)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:	Neoplasms > etiology. Genes > physiology. Hormones > physiology.

Table of Contents:

Biosynthesis, transport, and metabolism of steroid hormones
Nuclear receptor superfamily
Genomic approaches to the genetics of hormone-responsive cancer
Breast cancer : epidemiology and molecular endocrinology
Impact of exogenous hormone use on breast cancer risk
Overview of genetic predisposition and the search for predisposing genes for breast cancer
Estrogen biosynthesis genes : P-450 aromatase
Estrogen metabolism genes : HSD17B1 and HSD17B2
Breast cancer : intervention in BRCA1 and BRCA2 families
Implications of hormones and hormonal risk factors on screening strategies
Hormonal chemoprevention with tamoxifen and selective estrogen receptor modulators
Other hormonal prevention strategies
Progression from hormone-dependent to hormone-independent breast cancer
Prostate cancer : epidemiology and molecular endocrinology
Androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer
Hereditary prostate cancer : the search for major genes and the role of genes involved in androgen action
Androgen-independent prostate cancer progression : mechanistic insights
Hormonal therapies for prostate cancer
Endometrial cancer : epidemiology and molecular endocrinology
Ovarian cancer : epidemiology and molecular endocrinology
Testicular cancer : epidemiology and molecular endocrinology