Aromatase Inhibitors

by B.J.A. Furr

Many breast tumours are dependent upon oestrogen for their development and continued growth. Over the last 25 years hormone therapy has progressed from the irreversible destruction of endocrine glands to the use of drugs that reversibly suppress oestrogen synthesis or action. The inhibition of oestrogen synthesis is most readily achieved by inhibiting the final step in the pathway of oestrogen biosynthesis, the reaction which transforms androgens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764386924
• ISBN13: 9783764386924
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.4"