El reino del estrógeno. Generizando el tratamiento hormonal para el cáncer de mama.
- Submitting institution
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London Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 08.25
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Cuerpos Hormonales. Intersecciones entre Laboratorio, Clínica y Sociedad.
- Publisher
- Eudem: Mar del Plata, Argentina
- ISBN
- 978-987-4440-47-1
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This chapter [Translation: The reign of oestrogen. Generating hormonal treatment for breast cancer] engages with feminist biologists and cultural aspects of gender to understand sex-hormones research in the lab and clinical uses for breast cancer treatment between 1950- 2010s. It also takes a comparative approach (developments in Argentina and the US) to better explain the incidence of socio-cultural factors and their association to biological interpretation.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This chapter analyses the scientific and clinical uses of ‘sex-hormones’ for breast cancer treatment through the lenses of feminist biologists. It examines the rise and persistence of the oestrogen hypothesis in the scientific field and clinical settings, as well as the neglect of androgens and alternative hormonal explanations, between 1950- 2010s. Focusing on laboratory research, therapies and ‘hormonal cultures’, this study offers a historical reconstruction on the intersections of biology, society and culture. It uses a comparative approach to examine developments in Argentina and the US to better explain the incidence of socio-cultural factors and their association to biological interpretation.
