Sex steroids and cervical cancer

D Hellberg - Anticancer research, 2012 - ar.iiarjournals.org
During the 19th century, studies indicated that reproductive events were involved in cervical
cancer. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a prerequisite for development of cancer …

The biological role of smoking, oral contraceptive use and endogenous sexual steroid hormones in invasive squamous epithelial cervical cancer

D Hellberg, U Stendahl - Anticancer research, 2005 - ar.iiarjournals.org
For at least twenty years, epidemiological studies have found a correlation between cervical
neoplasia and smoking and oral contraceptives. Over the last ten years, laboratory evidence …

Curcumin counteracts the proliferative effect of estradiol and induces apoptosis in cervical cancer cells

M Singh, N Singh - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2011 - Springer
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Indian females and is associated with
infection with high-risk Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) which encode viral oncoprotein E6 …

Induction of aromatase expression in cervical carcinomas: effects of endogenous estrogen on cervical cancer cell proliferation

HB Nair, R Luthra, N Kirma, YG Liu, L Flowers, D Evans… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Epidemiologic studies have implicated estrogenic exposure as well as human papilloma
virus (HPV) infection in cervical carcinogenesis, and some studies have suggested that …

The G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER/GPR30) may serve as a prognostic marker in early-stage cervical cancer

K Friese, B Kost, A Vattai, F Marmé, C Kuhn… - Journal of cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Background Estrogen signalling is transmitted via various receptors and multiple
intracellular signalling pathways. Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα)-mediated transcription of …

Endogenous oestradiol and progesterone as predictors of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence

S Fischer, U Kuebler, E Abbruzzese, C Breymann… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is the main aetiological factor for the
development of cervical cancer. While nearly 70% of HR-HPV infections are cleared within …

High intraepithelial expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the transformation zone of the uterine cervix

F Remoue, N Jacobs, V Miot, J Boniver… - American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Because sex hormones may be involved in tumor initiation and progression,
we analyzed the presence of hormone receptors in the transformation zone of the uterine …

内源性雌, 孕激素与人乳头瘤病毒在宫颈癌发生中的协同作用研究

王金桃, 高尔生, 程玉英, 闫建文, 丁玲 - 中华流行病学杂志, 2005 - chinaepi.icdc.cn
目的探讨雌, 孕激素对宫颈癌发生的作用及其与人乳头瘤病毒(HPV) 的协同作用.
方法采用热启动PCR 和ELISA 法, 对141 例宫颈癌和129 名健康妇女进行了HPVs, HPV16 …

Do viruses cause breast cancer?

JS Lawson - Cancer Epidemiology, 2009 - Springer
Because mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV; the Bittner virus) is the proven cause of
breast cancer in both field and experimental mice, similar viruses have long been suspects …

Correlation between serum estradiol/progesterone ratio and survival length in invasive squamous cell cervical cancer

D Hellberg, AK Lindström, U Stendahl - Anticancer research, 2005 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: There is epidemiological and laboratory evidence for an association between
invasive squamous cell cervical cancer and female sex steroid hormones, such as oral …