Oestrogen exposure and breast cancer risk

RC Travis, TJ Key - Breast Cancer Research, 2003 - Springer
Epidemiological and experimental evidence implicates oestrogens in the aetiology of breast
cancer. Most established risk factors for breast cancer in humans probably act through …

Estrogen receptor mutations in human disease

MH Herynk, SAW Fuqua - Endocrine reviews, 2004 - academic.oup.com
As early as the 1800s, the actions of estrogen have been implicated in the development and
progression of breast cancer. The estrogen receptor (ER) was identified in the late 1950s …

Progression to malignancy in the polyoma middle T oncoprotein mouse breast cancer model provides a reliable model for human diseases

EY Lin, JG Jones, P Li, L Zhu, KD Whitney… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Animal models are powerful tools to analyze the mechanism of the induction of human
breast cancer. Here we report a detailed analysis of mammary tumor progression in one …

Pesticides and breast cancer risk: a review of DDT, DDE, and dieldrin.

SM Snedeker - Environmental health perspectives, 2001 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Established risk factors for breast cancer explain breast cancer risk only partially. Hence,
there has been interest in evaluating what role environmental chemicals, especially those …

Estrogen receptor alpha in human breast cancer: occurrence and significance

S Ali, RC Coombes - Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2000 - Springer
Estrogens have long been recognized as being important for stimulating the growth of a
large proportion of breast cancers. Now it is recognized that estrogen action is mediated by …

Environmental pollutants and breast cancer.

JG Brody, RA Rudel - Environmental health perspectives, 2003 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death
among women 35-54 years of age. Rising incidence, increased risk among migrants to …

Pattern of distribution of cells positive for estrogen receptor α and progesterone receptor in relation to proliferating cells in the mammary gland

J Russo, X Ao, C Grill, IH Russo - Breast cancer research and treatment, 1999 - Springer
Since cell proliferation is indispensable for the growth and development of the breast, and
estrogens are considered to play a major role in promoting cell proliferation, while …

Multiple molecular targets in cancer chemoprevention by curcumin

RL Thangapazham, A Sharma, RK Maheshwari - The AAPS journal, 2006 - Springer
Carcinogenesis encompasses 3 closely associated stages: initiation, progression, and
promotion. Phytochemicals are nonnutritive components of plants that are currently being …

Recent advancement of piperidine moiety in treatment of cancer-A review

P Goel, O Alam, MJ Naim, F Nawaz, M Iqbal… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Piperidine is an important pharmacophore, a privileged scaffold and an excellent
heterocyclic system in the field of drug discovery which provides numerous opportunities in …

Pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer

K Britt, A Ashworth, M Smalley - Endocrine-related cancer, 2007 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Therapeutic progress in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is severely hampered by its low
incidence. Platinum-based chemotherapies are the most effective cytotoxic treatment …