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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Hormonal breast cancer therapies have traditionally been considered cytostatic, but recent pre-clinical data suggest that anti-oestrogens can induce apoptosis. The aim of this study was to assess whether tamoxifen (TAM) and ICI 182780 (ICI) could induce apoptosis in human breast cancer, and whether this was related to oestrogen receptor status. We measured apoptosis in primary breast cancer patients before and after pre-surgical treatment with 20 mg/day TAM (study 1) or 6 or 18 mg/day ICI (study 2). In each study there was a randomised non-treatment (NT) control group. TAM significantly increased apoptotic index (AI) in ER+ but not in ER- tumours. There was a significant increase in AI following treatment with ICI. Insufficient pairs of samples were available to determine whether this change was confined to ER+ tumours, but in a cross-sectional analysis AI was significantly higher in excision biopsies for ICI-treated than NT patients for ER+ but not ER- tumours. Our results provide clinical evidence that apoptosis may be induced in ER+ primary breast cancer by both non-steroidal and steroidal anti-oestrogens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
608-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Estrogen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Paraffin Embedding, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Placebos, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:9259399-Tamoxifen
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of apoptosis by tamoxifen and ICI 182780 in primary breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemical Endocrinology, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial