Growth Hormone/Insulin Growth Factor Axis in Sex Steroid Associated Disorders and Related Cancers
To date, almost all solid malignancies have implicated insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signalling as a driver of tumour growth.However, the remarkable level of crosstalk between sex hormones, the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and its ligands IGF-1 and 2 in endocrine driven cancers is incompletely understood.Similar to the sex steroids, IGF signalling is