Journal
STEROIDS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 94-100Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.06.010
Keywords
Androgen; Receptor; Breast; Cancer; Nonsteroidal
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Androgens were at one time a therapeutic mainstay in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Despite comparable efficacy, SERMs and aromatase inhibitors eventually became the therapies of choice due to in part to preferred side-effect profiles. Molecular characterization of breast tumors has revealed an abundance of androgen receptor expression but the choice of an appropriate androgen receptor ligand (agonist or antagonist) has been confounded by multiple conflicting reports concerning the role of the receptor in the disease. Modem clinical efforts have almost exclusively utilized antagonists. However, the recent clinical development of selective androgen receptor modulators with greatly improved side-effect profiles has renewed interest in androgen agonist therapy for advanced breast cancer. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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