title: Two partial remissions induced by an LHRH analogue in two postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.
abstract: We report two cases of metastatic breast cancer occurring in two postmenopausal women. Treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue, D-TRP6-LHRH, induced partial remission. The blood levels of the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) fell sharply under treatment, but the levels of estradiol, estriol, and estrone did not change significantly. We also described the putative mechanisms of action of the LHRH analog.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiotherapie, CHU Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guiochet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keiling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D004964:Estriol / Q000097:blood; D004970:Estrone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008593:Menopause; D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate
chemical_list: D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate; D004970:Estrone; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D004964:Estriol