© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 15, 1173,
August 7, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Re: Effect of Long-Term Estrogen Deprivation on Apoptotic Responses of Breast Cancer Cells to 17
-Estradiol and The Two Faces of Janus: Sex Steroids as Mediators of Both Cell Proliferation and Cell Death
Affiliations of authors: V. C. Jordan, H. Lui, R. Dardes, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Correspondence to: V. Craig Jordan, OBE, Ph.D., D.Sc., Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Olson Pavilion Rm. 8258, Chicago, IL 60611 (e-mail: vcjordan@northwestern.edu).
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The recent excellent paper by Song et al. (1) and the accompanying editorial (2) deserve a broader perspective than that presented by the observations with estrogen-deprived MCF-7 cell lines in vitro. Song et al. (1) state that their data on the apoptotic effects of high-dose estrogen could provide insights into the mechanism of pharmacologic estrogen used to treat breast