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Systems Biology of Metabolic Regulation by Estrogen Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer
Published on: March 17, 2016
[Endometrial cancer, estrogens and metabolic syndrome: scenario becomes more complicated]
Abstract:
Simultaneously with keeping one of the leading positions in the structure of oncogynecological morbidity, endometrial cancer (EC) presents for many decades 'the food for brains' of cancer endocrinologists. Step by step development of contemporary ideas and collecting the data on mechanisms of hormonal carcinogenesis, the role of excessive estrogenic stimulation and metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance as risk factors for EC, very probable gradual changing of the disease phenotype and significance of genetic damages (with PTEN-mutations as one of the examples), as a consequence point at potential perspectives in the usage of preventive and therapeutic approaches in this important area.
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