Glucocorticoids and Cancer

Unlike other steroid hormone receptors, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is not considered an oncogene. In breast cancer, the estrogen receptor (ER) drives cell growth, proliferation, and metastasis, and the androgen receptor (AR) plays a similar role ...

Adv Exp Med Biol . Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 7. Published in final edited form as: Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015;872:315–333. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2895-8_14 Glucocorticoids and Cancer Miles A Pufall Miles A Pufall , M.S., Ph.D. 1 Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, 51 Newton Road, Bowen Science Building, Room 4-430, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Find articles by Miles A Pufall 1, ✉ Author information Copyright and License information 1 Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, 5

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