Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

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International Symposium on Hormone Disrupters

In recent years there has been a surge of interest regarding `hormone (endocrine) disrupters' among not only researchers but also the general public. Endocrine disrupters generally refers to the exogenous chemicals derived from the living environment which cause adverse health effects in an intact organism, or its progeny, consequent to changes in endocrine function. The abbreviation of ED (endocrine disrupter) or EDC (endocrine disrupting chemicals) is being generalized. Unfortunately, this term has been mistakenly interpreted as `environmental hormone' in the Japanese media. `Hormones' are the chemicals which are synthesized and secreted by the specialized cells in the endocrine system, and are carried by the systemic (sometimes local) circulation to target cells with specific receptors to them. Finally target cells are then activated to yield physiologic function. Therefore, it is apparently inappropriate to use . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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