Role of estrogen in alcohol promotion of breast cancer and prolactinomas.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chair was Dipak K. Sarkar. The presentations were (1) Dual role of estrogen as hormone and carcinogen in mammary carcinogenesis, by Joachim G. Liehr; (2) Alcohol and breast cancer: Studies using animals, by Keith W. Singletary; and (3) Evaluation of the role of estrogen in mediation of ethanol effect on prolactinoma: Studies using animals, by Dipak K. Sarkar.
Sarkar
D K
DK
Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8525, USA. sarkar@aesop.rutgers.edu
Liehr
J G
JG
Singletary
K W
KW
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000187:drug effects; D004967:Estrogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens / Q000009:adverse effects; D009154:Mutation / Q000187:drug effects; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology
D002273:Carcinogens; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004967:Estrogens; D009153:Mutagens; D000431:Ethanol