Hormones and Cancer

Dr. Berger is the Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Science, Health and Society at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. He is Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, Oncology, Genetics and Genome Sciences. He is an active researcher whose early research focused on laboratory and translational aspects of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, DNA repair, stress proteins, and developmental therapeutics. His current research focuses on Transdisciplinary Studies in Energy Balance and Cancer and critical aspects of the relations between Aging, Obesity, Energy Balance and Cancer. He is a principle investigator on the NIH funded multi-institutional Exercise and Nutrition to Improve Cancer Treatment Related Outcomes (ENICTO).

• 1. Targeting steroid hormone receptors for anti-cancer therapyRajkumar Banerjee, Tithi Bhattacharyya and Pritam Das2. Functions of dhea in relation to breast cancerRobert Jr. T. Chatterton Jr.3. Role of rhTSH in management of differentiated thyroid cancerLeonidas H. Duntas4. Sex hormones, insulin and insulin-like growth factors in endometrial cancerGloria Huang5. Higher thyroid hormone levels and cancerPetra Petranović Ovčariček, Frederik Anton Verburg, Alfredo Campennì Sr., Alexis Vrachimis, Murat Tuncel, Luca Giovanella, Michael Christoph Kreissl and Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri6. Lifestyle impact on estrogen, hormones and cancerAnne McTiernan7. Epigenetics of kiss1 in reproduction and cancerRosaria Meccariello8. Histopathological features of aldosterone-producing lesions according to their different somatic genetic mutationsHironobu Sasano9. Targeting epigenetic effects of androgens in prostate cancerPradeep Kumar Sharma10. Microbiome-Estrogen Connection in Cancer RiskDipali Sharma11. Predicting hypgonadotropic hypogonadism persistence in male macroprolactinomaIlan Shimon and Yaron Rudman12. TSH/Thyroid hormones axis and breast cancerIoannis Voutsadakis13. B Lymphoproliferative Diseases: Effective Treatment, Inhibited Progression, and Potential Cures through Isoform-specific Targeting of the Prolactin ReceptorAmeae Margaret Walker and Srividya Swaminathan14. TBARuth A. Keri15. Hepcidin and CancerKe Tan