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The rat as animal model in breast cancer research. A histopathological study of radiation- and hormone-induced rat mammary tumors
f. steroid Biochem. Vol. 25, No. 6, p. 1027, 1986 Pergamon Joumafs Ltd. Printed in Great Britain
BOOK REVIEWS The Rat as Aidinal M&I in Rreast Cuncer Reseerck. A H~o~~~c~ Smdy of Rat&&on- atui Her-induced Rat M mmary Tumors. Edited by M~nnnw J. VAN ZWIETEN.In the series: Developments in Oncology. published in 1984 by Martinus Nijhoff publishers, Boston 190 Old Derby Street, Hingham, MA 02043, U.S.A. No. of pages: 298-Hard cover. Retail price as at 3 1.01.84: Dtl. 147.OO/US %69.OO/E48.75.ISBN: O-89838-624-1. This book contains a synthesis of the very interesting field of the use of animals to study different biochemical, morpholo~~l and ~era~utic aspects of breast cancer. The first chapter is an overview of breast cancer and the following chapters include the most useful animals for the experimentation of breast cancer. The other chapters include irradiation and hormone administration, the normal anatomy and pathology of the rat mammary gland, the correlation of mammary tumour histology in different experimental conditions, as well as the relation of the pituitary gland and the liver. The book finishes with a general discussion on mammal cancer in different species. It contains interesting new info~ation, with a well documented bibliography, and would be very useful for researchers in breast cancer, oncologists, gynaecologists, general clinicians, biochemists, and physiologists.
&&mei&l Caneers. 5th Cancer Research Workshop, Grenoble-1985 Edited bv M. BOLLA. C. RACINE~and C. VROUSOS.published bi S. Karger’ AG. Basel, P.O. Box Postfach, CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland. No. of pages: 280-Tables: 77-Figures: 32. Hard cover-ISBN: 3-8055-421 l-9.
Recent Progress in Pediatric t!hdbcrino~. Serono Symposia Publications from Raven Press-Vol. 4. Edited by G. CZHRJMELW and M. SPERUNG. published by Raven press, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, U.S.A. No. of pages: 391-Hard cover. Retail price as of February 1986: 92.50 American dollars. XSBN: 0-89004-869-X. This book corresponds to Volume 4 of the Serono Symposia series published by Raven Press and contains the most important advances carried out in pediatric endocrinology in the last five years. The book provides extensive information on most hormonal problems, including calcium metabohsm in children, Vitamin D, the pathology of ~ra~yroid hormones, different aspects of somatomedin, insulin and growth hormone, including divers aspects of the therapy.
The other chapters treat the role of prostaglandin in glucose homeostasis, the pathology of diabetes and the physiopathology of thyrotropin and thyroid hormones. There is also a very interesting chapter on congenital adrenal hyperplasia and the effects of gonadorelin analog for the different treatments, as well as valuable information on Cushing’s Syndrome in ACTH hypersecretion. The book contains an extensive, recent bibliography and would be very useful for endocrinologists, pediatricians, gynecologists, general physicians, and advanced students.
This book is the 5th Cancer Research Workshop which was held in Grenoble, France in April 1985. It contains up-todate iRfo~ation in the most recent developments conceming the epidemiology of endometrial cancers, the detection and prevention, pathology and biology, prognostic factors, steroid hormone receptors and immunohistochemistry, and the treatment of different stages of endometrial cancer. The first chapter concerns statistical values in the incidence, survival and mortality of endometrial cancers. The other chapters concern the prevention and detection of different forms of endometrial cancer, with recent information on cytological studies and the diagnostic values of ‘Hysteroscopy Curettage’. There is an extensive analysis of the different receptors, particularly estrogen and progesterone receptors and the action of anti-estrogens, which is complete with the modern methodology on immunohistochemistry for the subcellular localization of the different receptors. The last part of the book treats all the possibilities of treatment of endometrial cancers including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonotherapy. This book would be very useful for general clinicians, end~~nologis~, gynaecologists, oncologists, and advanced students in this field. It contains extensive, recent references in the different chapters.
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BOOK REVIEWS The Rat as Aidinal M&I in Rreast Cuncer Reseerck. A H~o~~~c~ Smdy of Rat&&on- atui Her-induced Rat M mmary Tumors. Edited by M~nnnw J. VAN ZWIETEN.In the series: Developments in Oncology. published in 1984 by Martinus Nijhoff publishers, Boston 190 Old Derby Street, Hingham, MA 02043, U.S.A. No. of pages: 298-Hard cover. Retail price as at 3 1.01.84: Dtl. 147.OO/US %69.OO/E48.75.ISBN: O-89838-624-1. This book contains a synthesis of the very interesting field of the use of animals to study different biochemical, morpholo~~l and ~era~utic aspects of breast cancer. The first chapter is an overview of breast cancer and the following chapters include the most useful animals for the experimentation of breast cancer. The other chapters include irradiation and hormone administration, the normal anatomy and pathology of the rat mammary gland, the correlation of mammary tumour histology in different experimental conditions, as well as the relation of the pituitary gland and the liver. The book finishes with a general discussion on mammal cancer in different species. It contains interesting new info~ation, with a well documented bibliography, and would be very useful for researchers in breast cancer, oncologists, gynaecologists, general clinicians, biochemists, and physiologists.
&&mei&l Caneers. 5th Cancer Research Workshop, Grenoble-1985 Edited bv M. BOLLA. C. RACINE~and C. VROUSOS.published bi S. Karger’ AG. Basel, P.O. Box Postfach, CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland. No. of pages: 280-Tables: 77-Figures: 32. Hard cover-ISBN: 3-8055-421 l-9.
Recent Progress in Pediatric t!hdbcrino~. Serono Symposia Publications from Raven Press-Vol. 4. Edited by G. CZHRJMELW and M. SPERUNG. published by Raven press, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, U.S.A. No. of pages: 391-Hard cover. Retail price as of February 1986: 92.50 American dollars. XSBN: 0-89004-869-X. This book corresponds to Volume 4 of the Serono Symposia series published by Raven Press and contains the most important advances carried out in pediatric endocrinology in the last five years. The book provides extensive information on most hormonal problems, including calcium metabohsm in children, Vitamin D, the pathology of ~ra~yroid hormones, different aspects of somatomedin, insulin and growth hormone, including divers aspects of the therapy.
The other chapters treat the role of prostaglandin in glucose homeostasis, the pathology of diabetes and the physiopathology of thyrotropin and thyroid hormones. There is also a very interesting chapter on congenital adrenal hyperplasia and the effects of gonadorelin analog for the different treatments, as well as valuable information on Cushing’s Syndrome in ACTH hypersecretion. The book contains an extensive, recent bibliography and would be very useful for endocrinologists, pediatricians, gynecologists, general physicians, and advanced students.
This book is the 5th Cancer Research Workshop which was held in Grenoble, France in April 1985. It contains up-todate iRfo~ation in the most recent developments conceming the epidemiology of endometrial cancers, the detection and prevention, pathology and biology, prognostic factors, steroid hormone receptors and immunohistochemistry, and the treatment of different stages of endometrial cancer. The first chapter concerns statistical values in the incidence, survival and mortality of endometrial cancers. The other chapters concern the prevention and detection of different forms of endometrial cancer, with recent information on cytological studies and the diagnostic values of ‘Hysteroscopy Curettage’. There is an extensive analysis of the different receptors, particularly estrogen and progesterone receptors and the action of anti-estrogens, which is complete with the modern methodology on immunohistochemistry for the subcellular localization of the different receptors. The last part of the book treats all the possibilities of treatment of endometrial cancers including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonotherapy. This book would be very useful for general clinicians, end~~nologis~, gynaecologists, oncologists, and advanced students in this field. It contains extensive, recent references in the different chapters.
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