Grand challenges in cancer endocrinology: endocrine related cancers, an expanding concept.

The article discusses the concept of endocrine-related cancers and hormones. Topics discussed include the relationship of sex steroid hormones such as estrogen to cancer, the insulin's (a metabolic hormone) role in cancerous tumors, and the utilization of hormone therapy in the future for cancer management. Also mentioned are chronic drug therapies that can cause or worsen insulin resistance.