A research on the level of urine neopterin to see if it may provide a vital clue for a provisional diagnosis of breast cancer in menopausal women

• Published in: Maturitas Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 432 - 437
• Main Authors: Bayram, Merih, Bayram, Orhan, Boyunaga, Hakan, Ozer, Guler
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 20.08.2004; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - urine; Female; Genital system. Reproduction; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Medical sciences; Menopause; Menopause - urine; Middle Aged; Neopterin; Neopterin - urine; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Postmenopause - urine; Puberal and climacteric disorders (male and female); Risk factor; Sensitivity and Specificity; Breast cancer; Neopterin; Menopause; Risk factor; Human; Urine; Mammary gland diseases; Biological fluid; Female; Malignant tumor; Diagnosis

Objectives: To search the relation between the level of neopterin in urine and breast cancer developed in menopause. Methods: In this study, urine samples were collected from randomly selected menopausal and post-menopausal women who attended hospital, and from a control group. The participants were...