Hormone rhythms and breast cancer chronoepidemiology: salivary progesterone concentrations in pre- and post-menarchal girls and in normal premenopausal women |
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Authors: | D W Wilson G F Read I A Hughes R F Walker K Griffiths |
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Affiliation: | a Tenovus Institute for Cancer Research, Welsh National School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UKb Department of Child Health, Welsh National School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK |
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Abstract: | Orcadian and circatrigintan time series of salivary progesterone levels in premenarchal and adolescent girls and healthy mature premenopausal women have been investigated as a possible determinant for breast cancer risk. Circadian variations in progesterone appear to be more random than systematic and estimates of total daily progesterone output are better represented by samples pooled from several 2-hr specimens. Different patterns of circatrigintan progesterone secretion in girls are recognised and relate to those experienced in infertile and fertile women, though their relation to chronological or menarchal age is as yet uncertain. These data suggest that the measurement of salivary progesterone at premenarche, adolescence and maturity is a feasible, though statistically difficult, study for prospective identification of individuals at risk for breast cancer. |
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Keywords: | Saliva Progesterone Menarche breast cancer time-series |
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