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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144677903321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Colloquia on Endocrinology . Volume 1 Steroid hormones and tumour growth and Steroid hormones and enzymes [[electronic resource] /] / general editor for the Ciba Foundation, G. E. W. Wolstenholme, assisted by Margaret P. Cameron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Blakiston Co., 1952

ISBN

1-280-76830-4

9786613679079

0-470-71874-9

0-470-71610-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.820

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

Disciplina

612

Soggetti

Endocrinology

Steroids

Hormones

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY; CONTENTS; Foreword by; BOOK I - STEROID HORMONES AND TUMOUR GROWTH; Steroids in relation to cancer from the chemical aspect; Discussion; The role of dietary trace factors in hormone-induced tissue growth; Discussion; The influence of male and female sex hormones on the development of lymphoid tumours in mice; Discussion; Steroid hormones and prostatic cancer in mice; Discussion; Carcinogenic activity of sterols; Discussion; The effect of steroid hormones on experimental pituitary and gonadal tumorigenesis; Discussion

Some effects of steroids on the mammary glandDiscussion; Le role des hormones steroydes dans la croissance normale et pathologique de  la glande mammaire; Discussion; The effect of steroids on the incidence of mammary tumours in mice; Discussion; Hormonal responses of mammary tumours in mice; Discussion; Anti-tumour activities of



steroids in animals; Discussion; The anti-androgenic control of human cancer; Discussion; Administration of massive dosage of estrogen to breast and prostatic cancer patients;  blood levels attained; Discussion

The modification of turnour-host relations by steroid hormonesDiscussion; Steroid hormones and cancer; Discussion; ACTH and cortisone in acute leukamia in children; Discussion; Adrenal function and steroid excretion in neoplastic disease; Discussion; Chairman's Closing Remarks