Molecular Endocrinology of Cancer: Volume 1, Part 2, Endocrine Therapies (Paperback)

Contributor list; Part I. The Regulation of Cancer: 1. The type 1 growth factor receptor family, their ligands and their role in human cancers T. Rajkumar and W. J. Gullick; 2. The fibroblast growth factor family and their receptors Pita Enriquez Harris and John K. Heath; 3. The biological role of transforming growth factor beta in cancer development Bradley A. Arrick and Rik Derynck; 4. Bombesin and its receptor Michael J. Seckl and Enrique Rozengurt; 5. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and its receptor Karin A. Eidne and Lorraine Anderson; 6. Cytokines T. Hamblin; Part II. The Prevention of Endocrine-Dependent Tumours: 7. Familial Cancer Audrey D. Goddard and Donald M. Black; 8. Diet Peter Boyle and Patrick Maisonneuve; 9. Breast cancer: new biological approaches to treatment Robert B. Dickson and Robert Clarke; 10. The biological basis for the treatment of prostate cancer Jonathan Waxman, Andrew Stubbs and Hardev Pandha; 11. Carcinoid tumours S. Bloom and P. Hammond; Part III. Endocrine Complications of Cancer Treatment: 12. Humoral hypercalcaemia John J. Wysolmerski and Arthur E. Braodus; 13. Anaemia of cancer Carole B. Miller and Jerry L. Spivak; Index.