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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 329, Issue 1-2, Pages 56-61Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.04.028
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Gonadotrophin receptors; Ovarian cancer; Breast cancer; Prostatic cancer; Prolactinoma; Adrenal tumors
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The growth of many gonadal and extragonadal tumors is stimulated by gonadal sex hormones. Because gonadal hormone production is regulated by pituitary gonadotrophins, the latter hormones can be considered as indirect tumor promoters. In addition, there is a growing body of evidence that both gonadal (e.g. ovarian cancer) and extragonadal (e.g. breast, uterus, prostate and adrenal) tumors express gonadotrophin receptors, indicating the possibility of a direct tumorigenic role for FSH and LH. The purpose of this brief review is to present a critical evaluation of the current information, both clinical and experimental, about the direct involvement of gonadotrophins in the induction and growth of gonadal and extragonadal tumors. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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