The secretion of biologically active estrogen through the conversion of circulating precursor androgens has been suggested to play important roles in the pathophysiology of estrogen-dependent carcinomas. In the present study, we examined aromatase expression in gastric carcinoma.
Division of Biosignaling, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Life Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-machi, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.