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Recent avenue to cancer prevention /

This work presents some recent clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on the cancer preventive effect of healthy hormonal equilibrium. Insulin resistance-associated overproduction of peptide hormones, such as growth hormone, insulin and insulin-like growth factors, interacting simply with c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Suba, Zsuzsanna (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2014.
Colección:Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This work presents some recent clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on the cancer preventive effect of healthy hormonal equilibrium. Insulin resistance-associated overproduction of peptide hormones, such as growth hormone, insulin and insulin-like growth factors, interacting simply with cell membrane receptors, have a proven tumor inducing capacity. Another group of hormones, including estrogens, thyroids and vitamin D, has both genomic intranuclear and non-genomic membrane-associated receptor signaling, thus they have complex roles in all basic cellular functions. Recent results su.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781629487120
1629487120