| Literature DB >> 8390871 |
K H Baumann1, L Kiesel, M Kaufmann, G Bastert, B Runnebaum.
Abstract
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs (GnRH-A) have been added to the armentarium in the therapy of hormone-dependent breast cancer in premenopausal women. The effect of chronic GnRH-A-treatment in premenopausal women is based on the suppression of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis and the reduction of sex-steroid serum levels. In addition, a number of experimental and clinical data have been accumulated indicating a direct action of GnRH-A on breast cancer cells and tissue. In this study we analyzed 235 human breast cancer biopsies for specific GnRH-A-binding. We demonstrate high affinity GnRH-A binding sites in human breast cancer tissues. The evaluation of clinical data showed no correlation of the level of GnRH-A-binding with classical tumor parameters.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8390871 DOI: 10.1007/bf00662399
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Breast Cancer Res Treat ISSN: 0167-6806 Impact factor: 4.872