Mechanism for maintenance of high breast tumor estradiol concentrations in the absence of ovarian function: Role of very high affinity tissue uptake

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-226

  Masamura, Shigeru ^a   Santner, Steven J ^b   Gimotty, Phyllis ^b   George, Julie ^b   Santen, Richard J ^c,d  

^a Karmanos Cancer Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Breast cancer; Estradiol; Receptor; Tissue estrogen

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCATCHARD PLOT;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; KINETICS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM; UTERUS;

EID: 0031058694     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005714312092     Document Type: Article

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