Depression of serum melatonin in patients with primary breast cancer is not due to an increased peripheral metabolism

Serum melatonin and its main metabolic product 6‐sulfatoxymelatonin were determined in 17 patients with breast cancer (BC) with either a fresh primary tumor (nine) or a secondary tumor (eight) as well as in four patients with untreated benign breast disease (controls). Circadian rhythms were detecte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 1991-03, Vol.67 (6), p.1681-1684
Hauptverfasser:	Bartsch, Christian, Bartsch, Hella, Bellmann, Otto, Lippert, Theodor H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Breast Neoplasms - metabolism Circadian Rhythm - physiology Female Humans Melatonin - analogs & derivatives Melatonin - blood Middle Aged
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