Effects of aromatase inhibitors on the pathobiology of human breast, endometrial and ovarian carcinoma

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Sasano, H ^a   Sato, S ^a   Ito, K ^a   Yajima, A ^a   Nakamura, J ^b   Yoshihama, M ^b   Ariga, K ^a   Anderson, T J ^c   Miller, W R ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Research Institute of Life Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14ALPHA HYDROXY 4 ANDROSTENE 3,6,17 TRIONE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMESTANE; HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NKS 01; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0033008205     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0060197     Document Type: Article

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