The Importance of Steroid Uptake and Intracrine Action in Endometrial and Ovarian Cancers

Endometrial and ovarian cancers predominately affect women after menopause, and are more frequently observed in developed countries. These are considered to be hormone-dependent cancers, as steroid hormones, and estrogens in particular, have roles in their onset and progression. After the production...

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Main Authors: Tea Lanišnik Rižner, Theresia Thalhammer, Csilla Özvegy-Laczka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2017.00346/full