Estrogen receptors in the diagnosis and treatment of hormone-dependent tumors

The paper presents the current data available on the etiology of tumor diseases, among other things, shows the role of hormones, namely: estrogens and their receptors, in the mechanism responsible for the occurrence of these diseases. Each tumor was shown to have its receptor status and to be unresponsive to this or that therapy differently. The efficiency of treatment and its prognosis may be determined if the receptor composition of an involved organ is estimated correctly. The authors summarize the data available in the literature, as well as the results of their own investigations explaining the selective effect of estradiol receptor agonists and antagonists in various tissues. The mRNA varieties that potentially encoding for the synthesis of different subtypes of estrogen receptors (ER) - ER-α and ERβ, which are also coded by various genes located in different chromosomes. Pituitary adenomas as hormone-dependent masses are described in detail. The authors data on the concentration of nuclear estrogen receptors in different types of adenomas are given.