Potential mechanisms of estrogen-driven carcinogenesis include prostatic estrogen receptor-mediated events, epigenetic changes, genotoxicity, hyperprolactinemia and chronic inflammation.

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic ...

it has the potential to produce some of the beneficial effects of estrogen without the possible adverse effects. There is still much to be learned about SERMs and their mechanism of action.