Hormones and Human Breast Cancer

An Account of 15 Years Study

1st Edition - January 1, 1970
Author: John Hayward
Editors: V. G. Allfrey, M. Allgöwer, K. H. Bauer
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 4 1 7 - 2

Recent Results in Cancer Research: Hormones and Human Breast Cancer provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of breast cancer and hormones. This book discusses the… Read more

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Recent Results in Cancer Research: Hormones and Human Breast Cancer provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of breast cancer and hormones. This book discusses the endocrine factors involved in breast cancer. Organized into two parts encompassing 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the process of castration as an effective therapeutic measure in many pre-menopausal patients with advanced breast cancer. This text then discusses the response rate following ablation wherein only 60 percent of patients subjected to hormone therapy as a first treatment for recurrence will survive to ablation. Other chapters consider the microscopical features of a tumor. This book discusses as well the prescription of corticosteroids as treatment, which originates from the mechanism of response that followed adrenalectomy or hypophysectomy. The final chapter deals with the use of radio-immunoassay methods in treating breast cancer. This book is a valuable resource for biochemists, scientists, and physicians.

Chapter 1 Historical Developments Animal Studies Human Studies ReferencesPart I — Hormones in Treatment and Prophylaxis Chapter 2 The Ovaries 1. Castration in the Advanced Disease Castration as a Prophylactic Measure The Comparative Values of Therapeutic and Prophylactic Castration Surgical Castration Compared with Irradiation Castration The Physiological Significance of Castration Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 3 The Adrenals and the Pituitary 1. The Remission Rates from Adrenalectomy and Hypophysectomy 2. The Timing of Adrenalectomy and Hypophysectomy 3. The Comparative Results of Hormone Therapy and Ablation 4. Techniques 5. Endocrine Changes after Ablation Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 4 Tests of Prediction 1. Clinical Methods 2. Hormone Assays Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 5 Androgens and Oestrogens 1. Response 2. Factors Associated with Hormone Action 3. Choice of Compound and Dosage 4. Comparison of Androgens and Oestrogens 5. The Place of Androgens in Prophylaxis 6. Mode of Action 7. Hypercalcaemia Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 6 Corticosteroids and Progestogens 1. Corticosteroids 2. Progestogens Summary and Conclusions ReferencesPart II — The Hormonal Environment and Hormone Assays Chapter 7 Antecedent and Racial Factors 1. Heredity 2. Marriage 3. Pregnancy and Parity 4. Lactation 5. Menstrual History and the Menopause 6. Bilateral Disease 7. Gynaecological Disease 8. Racial Factors Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 8 Oestrogens Exogenous Oestrogens Endogenous Oestrogens Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 9 Androgens and Corticosteroids The Guernsey Trial Plasma Studies Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 10 Pituitary and Thyroid Hormones 1. Gonadotrophins 2. Growth Hormone and Prolactin Thyroid 1. Thyroid Disease and the Incidence of Breast Cancer 2. Thyroid Factors in the Established Disease 3. Thyroid as Treatment 4. Thyroid Effects on Endocrine Metabolism Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 11 The Present and the Future