| Literature DB >> 9635846 |
J P Peyrat1, F Révillion, J Bonneterre.
Abstract
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) plasma level was assayed in 60 breast cancer patients undergoing six courses of adjuvant chemotherapy. The only observed variation was a slight decrease (10%) in IGF-1 concentrations, assayed before treatment, between the first and the second courses of chemotherapy. During chemotherapy courses, there were no statistically significant variations in IGF-1. These results suggest that chemotherapy, unlike the specific hormonal treatments tamoxifen and somatostatin, certainly does not act via a decrease in plasma IGF-1.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9635846 PMCID: PMC2150068 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.274
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640