Hormonal Therapy for Gynecological Cancers: How Far Has Science Progressed toward Clinical Applications?

GnRH agonist anti-estrogen aromatase inhibitors gynecological cancers hormonal therapy

Journal

Cancers
ISSN: 2072-6694
Titre abrégé: Cancers (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101526829

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Feb 2022
Historique:
received: 30 11 2021
revised: 27 01 2022
accepted: 30 01 2022
entrez: 15 2 2022
pubmed: 16 2 2022
medline: 16 2 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In recent years, hormone therapy has been shown to be a remarkable treatment option for cancer. Hormone treatment for gynecological cancers involves the use of medications that reduce the level of hormones or inhibit their biological activity, thereby stopping or slowing cancer growth. Hormone treatment works by preventing hormones from causing cancer cells to multiply. Aromatase inhibitors, anti-estrogens, progestin, estrogen receptor (ER) antagonists, GnRH agonists, and progestogen are effectively used as therapeutics for vulvar cancer, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer. Hormone replacement therapy has a high success rate. In particular, progestogen and estrogen replacement are associated with a decreased incidence of gynecological cancers in women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). The activation of estrogen via the transcriptional functionality of ERα may either be promoted or decreased by gene products of HPV. Hormonal treatment is frequently administered to patients with hormone-sensitive recurring or metastatic gynecologic malignancies, although response rates and therapeutic outcomes are inconsistent. Therefore, this review outlines the use of hormonal therapy for gynecological cancers and identifies the current knowledge gaps.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35159024
pii: cancers14030759
doi: 10.3390/cancers14030759
pmc: PMC8833573
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Saikat Mitra (S)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Mashia Subha Lami (MS)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Avoy Ghosh (A)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Rajib Das (R)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Trina Ekawati Tallei (TE)

Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.
The University Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Conservation of Wallacea, Institute for Research and Community Services, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.
The University Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Conservation of Wallacea, Institute for Research and Community Services, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.
Pharmacy Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.

Fahadul Islam (F)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health of Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.

Kuldeep Dhama (K)

Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.

M Yasmin Begum (MY)

Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 61441, Saudi Arabia.

Afaf Aldahish (A)

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia.

Kumarappan Chidambaram (K)

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia.

Talha Bin Emran (TB)

Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong 4381, Bangladesh.

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