The high concentrations of estradiol i!•'.,i found in breast tumors of postmenopausal women could be the result of enhanced uptake from plasma or in situ aromatization of androgens to estrogens. To test the relative importance of the…
CONTEXT: Continuous oral contraception may better suppress the ovary and endometrium, lending itself to the treatment of other medical conditions. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the effects of continuous vs. cyclical oral contra…
The levels of 11-deoxy-13,14-dihydro-15-keto-11 beta, 16 xi-cyclo PGE2 (bicyclo PGEM), 13,14-dihydro-15-keto PGF 2 alpha (PGFM), cortisol and prolactin were measured by radioimmunoassays in five serial plasma samples collected from fourteen…
Endometria and myometria were collected at hysterectomy from 42 women with measured menstrual blood loss. Specimens were obtained throughout the menstrual cycle [menstrual (n = 11), follicular (n = 9), early luteal (n = 6), midluteal (n = 9…
Menstrual fluid was collected in vaginal cups inserted for 2 h during the first 2 days of menstruation and menstrual serum concentrations of prostaglandins PGF2 alpha and PGE2 were measured by radioimmunoassay. In 16 women from whom menstru…