I: New Applications and Concepts Involving Estrogens and Progestins.- 1. Benefits and Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- 2. Phytoestrogen Effects in Humans Relative to Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, and Menopausal Symptoms.- 3. Dietary Indoles with Antiestrogenic Activity in Common Vegetables and Their Implications.- 4. Treatment for Infertility and Risk of Female Cancers.- 5. Antiestrogen Resistance in Human Breast Cancer.- 6. Evolving Therapies for Prostatic Carcinoma, Encompassing Orchiectomy, Estrogens, and Estramustine.- 7. Regulatory Aspects of Estrogens and Progestins in Human Food: Past, Present, and Future.- II: Novel Hormonal Ligands.- 8. Estrogen and Progestin Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Breast Cancer.- 9. The Utility of Fluorescent Estrogens for Receptor Imaging.- 10. Comparative Review of Recently Introduced Oral Contraceptives Containing Norgestimate, Desogestrel and Gestodene and Older Oral Contraceptives.- 11. Antiprogestins: Past, Present, and Future.- Keyword Index.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I: New Applications and Concepts Involving Estrogens and Progestins.- 1. Benefits and Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- 2. Phytoestrogen Effects in Humans Relative to Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, and Menopausal Symptoms.- 3. Dietary Indoles with Antiestrogenic Activity in Common Vegetables and Their Implications.- 4. Treatment for Infertility and Risk of Female Cancers.- 5. Antiestrogen Resistance in Human Breast Cancer.- 6. Evolving Therapies for Prostatic Carcinoma, Encompassing Orchiectomy, Estrogens, and Estramustine.- 7. Regulatory Aspects of Estrogens and Progestins in Human Food: Past, Present, and Future.- II: Novel Hormonal Ligands.- 8. Estrogen and Progestin Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Breast Cancer.- 9. The Utility of Fluorescent Estrogens for Receptor Imaging.- 10. Comparative Review of Recently Introduced Oral Contraceptives Containing Norgestimate, Desogestrel and Gestodene and Older Oral Contraceptives.- 11. Antiprogestins: Past, Present, and Future.- Keyword Index.
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roid Hormone Receptors to Target DNA by the Chromatin High-Mobility Group Protein-1: Protein Manipulation of DNA Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Dean P. Edwards and Paul Prendergast 9. Use of FK506 and Its Analogs in Studying Progesterone Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Ping-Kaung Ku Tai and Lee E. Faber KEYWORD INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Foreword These two volumes on Estrogens, Progestins, and Their Antagonists repre sent a thematic extension of the series, Hormones in Health and Disease.
