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Estrogens and aspects of prostate disease
Author(s) -
Prezioso Domenico,
Denis Louis J,
Klocker Helmut,
Sciarra Alexandria,
Reis Mario,
Naber Kurt,
Lobel Bernard,
Pacik Dalibor,
Griffiths Keith
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01476.x
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , carcinogenesis , prostate , pathogenesis , disease , cancer , endocrinology , physiology , bioinformatics , cancer research , biology
Estrogens have long been associated with the processes involved in prostate carcinogenesis, particularly in cancer suppression. However, the synergistic influence of low concentrations of estrogens, together with androgens, in promoting aberrant growth of the gland has also been recognized. As new insights into the complex molecular events implicated in growth regulation of the prostate are revealed, the role of the estrogens has become clearer. The present review considers this role in relation to the pathogenesis of prostate cancer and the potential cancer‐repressive influence of the dietary estrogens.