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Abstract(s)
In cancers of hormone-dependent organs like women breast and reproductive organs,
endometrium and ovaries, and men’s prostate and testicular cancer, the roles of sex
hormones and deregulation of hormone axes are well-documented. More strikingly,
epidemiological data highlights significant differences between sexes in the incidence
of various cancers in non-reproductive organs, where the role of sex hormones has
been less studied. In an era when personalised medicine is gaining recognition,
understanding molecular, cellular and biological differences between men and women
is timely for developing more appropriate therapeutic interventions according to
gender. In this review we show that sex hormones also shape much of the deregulated
cellular and molecular pathways leading to cell proliferation and cancer in nonreproductive organs.
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Keywords
Gastrointestinal cancers Glioblastoma Bladder cancer Thyroid cancer Sex hormones