CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MENSTRUAL-CYCLE AT THE TIME OF SURGERY FOR BREAST-CANCER

Citation
Im. Holdaway et al., CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MENSTRUAL-CYCLE AT THE TIME OF SURGERY FOR BREAST-CANCER, British Journal of Cancer, 75(3), 1997, pp. 413-416
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00070920
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
413 - 416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0920(1997)75:3<413:COTMAT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Hormone measurements during the menstrual cycle were assessed in six p remenopausal women undergoing breast cancer surgery and ten controls t o determine whether the stress of diagnosis and surgery influenced cyc le characteristics. There was hormonal evidence for normal ovulation i n all cancer and control women, although the length of the luteal phas e of the cycle was prolonged because of a delay in menstruation in two cancer patients. The timing of surgery in the cycle did not influence the hormonal data. The hormonal characteristics of the menstrual cycl e thus appear to be normally preserved in women during the month in wh ich breast cancer surgery is performed.