title: Plasma insulin-like growth factor in primary breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) plasma level was assayed in 60 breast cancer patients undergoing six courses of adjuvant chemotherapy. The only observed variation was a slight decrease (10%) in IGF-1 concentrations, assayed before treatment, between the first and the second courses of chemotherapy. During chemotherapy courses, there were no statistically significant variations in IGF-1. These results suggest that chemotherapy, unlike the specific hormonal treatments tamoxifen and somatostatin, certainly does not act via a decrease in plasma IGF-1.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire Humaine, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Peyrat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Révillion
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonneterre
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D015251:Epirubicin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil