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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Daily administration of estrogen antagonists to premenopausal women has been incorporated into the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. We have studied the changes in reproductive hormones, pituitary responses to hypothalamic-releasing hormones, and endometrial histology during treatment with the antiestrogen tamoxifen in five healthy, premenopausal women. These studies were carried out during one menstrual cycle before and during two cycles of antiestrogen treatment. All subjects continued to have regular menses with biphasic basal body temperature records. During treatment, estradiol (E2) levels were increased but followed the usual pattern reflecting follicular maturation and corpus luteum formation. The mean E2 concentration at the midcycle peak and during the luteal phase was twice that observed during the non-treatment cycle. By contrast, the concentrations and secretory patterns of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone were not greatly changed, and the gonadotropin responses to gonadotropin-releasing hormone were not suppressed. Endometrial biopsies obtained during the follicular phase of control and tamoxifen treatment cycles showed no differences whereas biopsies obtained during the luteal phase of tamoxifen cycles uniformly showed a lack of changes attributed to progesterone action with no progression of histologic changes beyond those expected on day 7-8 of the luteal phase. These observations are consistent with maturation of multiple ovarian follicles, a surprising finding considering the normal gonadotropin concentrations. The retarded development of the endometrium in the presence of supranormal serum E2 and progesterone concentrations is a morphologic demonstration of the antiprogestational effect of antiestrogens. The lack of gonadotropin suppression in the presence of hyperestrogenemia suggests a major antiestrogen action on the hypothalmus and pituitary gland.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:keyword
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Biology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Breast Cancer, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Cancer, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Case Studies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Diseases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/ESTRADIOL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Endocrine System, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Endometrial Effects, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Endometrium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Estrogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Follicle Stimulating Hormone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Genitalia, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Genitalia, Female, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Gonadotropins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Gonadotropins, Pituitary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hormones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Luteinizing Hormone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Menopause, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Neoplasms, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Physiology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Pituitary Hormone Releasing Hormones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Reproduction, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Research Methodology, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Studies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Urogenital System, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Uterus
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
398-404
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
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