Höffken Peptides in Oncology I

LH-RH Agonists and Antagonists
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-88-470-2186-0
Verlag: Springer Italia
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 124, 141 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Recent Results in Cancer Research

Hormonal treatment of malignant diseases has been used for quite some years now, and progress in this field is still being made at a steady pace. The detection of new endocrine feed back loops and the availability of new classes of hormonal agents made hormonal intervention with predictable outcome possible. Besides the intellectual challenge of modulating the hormone system, an important aspect of recent research on hormones and cancer is the reduction of treatment-related morbidity achieved with the new hormonal strategies. Thus, controlled intervention in the hypothalamic-gonadotropic axis is increasingly apt to replace surgical removal of the relevant glands, i. e. , the pituitary gland or the gonads. In the same way as, for example, aromatase inhibitors are being used as a substitute for adrenalectomy. The concept that secretion of hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), pituitary gonadotropins, and sex steroids are regulated via negative and positive feedback loops is based on the pioneering work of Hohlweg and Harris some 40 years ago. In 1971, a breakthrough was achieved with the isolation, structural analysis, and synthesis of the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH), or GnRH as it is now more appropriately termed, since it provokes the secretion of both gonadotropins, LH and FSH, and since then the progress made in this area of research has been remarkable. Both ago nists and antagonists of LH-RH have been synthesized and extensively studied in preclinical and clinical settings.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Höffken, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mechanisms of Action of LH-RH Agonists.- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Physiological and Endocrinological Aspects.- Direct Antitumor Effects of LH-RH Analogs.- LH-RH Agonists in Benign and Malignant Tumors.- Treatment of Uterine Leiomyomata by LH-RH Agonists.- On the Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer with LH-RH Analogs.- Combination Therapy with Flutamide and Castration (Orchiectomy or LH-RH Agonist) in Untreated Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer.- LH-RH Agonists in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer.- Treatment of Endometrial Cancer with GnRH Analogs.- LH-RH Agonists in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Ten Years’ Experience.- LH-RH Agonists in the Treatment of Premenopausal Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer.- LH-RH Agonists in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer.- LH-RH Antagonists.- LH-RH Antagonists: State of the Art and Future Perspectives.