| aromatase inhibitor |
Aromatase inhibitors (AI) are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. Aromatase inhibitors work by inhibiting the action of the enzyme aromatase which converts androgens into estrogens by a process called aromatization. In contrast to pre-menopausal women, in whom most of the estrogen in produced in the ovaries, in post-menopausal women most of the body's estrogen is produced in the adrenal gland from the conversion of androgens. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatase_inhibitor
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| aromatase inhibitor |
A drug that prevents the formation of estradiol, a female hormone, by interfering with an aromatase enzyme. Aromatase inhibitors are used as a type of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women who have hormone-dependent breast cancer.
출처: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| aromatase inhibitor |
substance that blocks the action of aromatase
출처: www.femara.com/info/page/resources-glossary-call
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