Peptides and Non Peptides of Oncologic and Neuroendocrine Relevance

LHRH/SOMATOSTATIN.- Twenty-five years of endocrine oncology with analogs of hypothalamic peptides;. Analogs of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC);. LHRH antagonists in gynecology;. Physiology and pharmacology of somatostatin and its receptors;. Role of LHRH receptor in the control of melanoma growth and progression;. SOMATOSTATIN/GHRH/GH.- Cortistatin revisited;. Antineoplastic and antiangiogenic actions of somatostatin analogs;. Somatostatin in clinical endocrinology;. Antagonists of growth hormone - releasing hormone (GH-RH) in oncology;. GH receptor antagonists: basic knowledge and clinical perspectives;. GHRELIN/GHS.- Ghrelin mimetics (growth hormone secretagogues): interactions with hypothalamic circuits controlling energy balance;. The receptors of growth hormone secretagogues in the cardiovascular system and their physiological functions;. Endocrine and extra-endocrine actions of GHSs: basic studies;. Endocrine and extraendocrine actions of ghrelin and GH synthetic secretagogues: clinical studies;. ANTI-ESTROGENS, ANTI-ANDROGENS, ANTI-PROGESTINS, AROMATASE INHIBITORS IN ONCOLOGY.- Hormonal treatments of endocrine-dependent tumors: preclinical aspects;. Hormonal treatments of endocrine-dependent tumors: clinical aspects;. Aromatase inhibitors;.