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The aromatase inhibitor letrozole and inhibitors of insulin-like growth factor I receptor synergistically induce apoptosis in in vitro models of estrogen-dependent breast cancer

INTRODUCTION: Endocrine-dependent, estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cells proliferate in response to estrogens, synthesized by the cytochrome p450 aromatase enzyme. Letrozole is a potent nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor that is registered for the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanc...

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Autores principales: Lisztwan, Joanna, Pornon, Astrid, Chen, Bin, Chen, Shiuan, Evans, Dean B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18611244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2113