Progesterone (Pg) is a pregnancy-related hormone that prepares the endometrium for the implantation of the fertilized zygote and suppresses myometrial contractility for the maintenance of pregnancy. At high concentrations, ...

Objetivo: Avaliar a imunoexpressao da proteina p27 no endometrio de pacientes com cancer de mama na pos-menopausa por tecnica imunohistoquimica. Propoe-se a avaliar a influencia do tamoxifeno apos 60 dias sobre a imunoexpressao ...

Cancers of the reproductive tract account for 12% of all malignancies in women. As previous studies have shown that oestrogen metabolites can cause apoptosis, we characterised the effect of oestrogen and oestrogen metabolites ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death, and despite increased research in recent years, control of advanced-stage disease and optimal therapeutic responses remain elusive. Recent technological improvements have ...

Tibolone (TIB), a selective tissue estrogenic activity regulator (STEAR) in clinical use by postmenopausal women, activates hormonal receptors in a tissue-specific manner. Estrogenic activity is present mostly in the brain, ...

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for the development of certain types of cancer. Aim: To estimate the proportion of cancers potentially attributable to obesity in men and women in Chile based on the calculation of ...