Biological activities of steroids in relation to cancer
Subtitle: proceedings of a conference
By: ... ed. by Gregory Pincus and Erwin P. Vollmer
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents; Carcinogens; Hormones; Steroids; Steroid; Steroid hormones; Steroid drugs; Cancer cells; Growth; Tumors in animals
Other titles: Conference on biological activities of steroids in relation to cancer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: 1. Steroids, Growth and Cancer / Charles Huggins; title: II. Steroid structure and Function; title: 2. Some Recent Advances in Steroid Chemistry / Josef Fried; title: III. Steroid Metabolism and Biochemistry; title: 6. The Metabolism of Dehydroisoandrosterone / R. VandeWilele and S. Liberman; title: 8. Biochemical Parameters of Estrogen Action / Gerald Mueller; title: 10. Fate of Steroid Estrogens in Target Tissues / Elwood V. Jensen and Herbert I. Jacobson; title: IV. Steroids and Experimental Tumors; title: 16. Steroids and Experimental Mammary Cancer / E. Myles Glenn [and others]; title: V. Hormones and Human Cancer; title: 27. The Sex Hormones and Cortisone in the Treatment of Inoperable Bronchogenic Carcinoma / Julius Wolf, [et al.]; title: Glossary; title: Author Index; title: Subject Index.