Aromatase Inhibitors: Types, Mode of Action & Indications (Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Series) - Hardcover

 
9781607417118: Aromatase Inhibitors: Types, Mode of Action & Indications (Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1607417111 ISBN 13: 9781607417118
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Aromatase inhibitors (AI) are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women. Aromatase is an enzyme that synthesises oestrogen and aromatase inhibitors block the synthesis of oestrogen, which is needed in some cancers to grow. As breast tissue is stimulated by estrogens, decreasing their production is a way of suppressing recurrence of the breast tumour tissue. In contrast to pre-menopausal women, in whom most of the oestrogen is produced in the ovaries, in post-menopausal women most of the body's oestrogen is produced in the adrenal gland from the conversion of androgens. Investigations are ongoing to look for other applications and researchers continue to study aromatase inhibitors as a way to stimulate ovulation or suppress oestrogen production in endometriosis. This book presents the latest research from around the world in this dynamic field.

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1607417111
ISBN 13 
9781607417118
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
189
Editor
Lamonte Jean R