[Pituitary gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and breast cancer].
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.
Vargas Hernández
V M
VM
Hospital Juárez de México, SS México, D.F.
Moctezuma Espinosa
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J
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans
D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone