Approaches targeted to estrogen receptors for treatment of Tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer - a brief overview; 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in human breast and endometrial carcinoma; redox regulation of the nuclear receptor; gonadotropins stimulate growth of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells by promoting intracellular conversion of adrenal androgens to estrogens; scattered fat invasion - an indicator for poor prognosis in premonopausal, and for positive estrogen receptor in postmenopausal breast cancer patients; endocrine therapies for patients with recurrent breast cancer - predictive factors for responses to first- and second-line endocrine therapies; the novel isoform of the progesterone receptor cDNA in the human testis and detection of its mRNA in the human uterine endometrium; inhibition of human epithelian ovarian cancer cell growth in vitro by somatostasin analog RC160.
