[Pituitary gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and breast cancer].

Abstract

Peptide and steroidal hormones, growth promoting factors and other trophic factors are all involved in the regulation of tumoral growth. Hormonal therapy of breast cancer includes a medical treatment and surgical as well, such as oophorectomy and hypophysectomy. The hormone-dependent cancer like breast cancer, is treated with anti-estrogenic substances, but with the arrival of analogues of gonadotropins releasing (a-GnRH) hormone; these neuropeptides may have an important role in the treatment of breast cancer, due to the few side effects.

• Authors: V M Vargas Hernández, J Moctezuma Espinosa
• Journal: Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico (Ginecol Obstet Mex) Vol. 63 Pg. 493-6 (Dec 1995) ISSN: 0300-9041 [Print] Mexico
• Vernacular Title: Análogos de la hormona hipotalámica liberadora de gonadotropinas (GnRH) y cáncer mamario.
• PMID: 8586292 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

Topics

• Breast Neoplasms (drug therapy)
• Female
• Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (analogs & derivatives)
• Humans