Serum and Tissue Steroid Hormone Levels in Canine Mammary Tumours: Clinical and Prognostic Implications

• Published in: Reproduction in domestic animals Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 858 - 865
• Main Authors: Queiroga, FL, Pérez‐Alenza, D, González‐Gil, A, Silván, G, Peña, L, Illera, JC
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany P. Parey Scientific Publishers 01.10.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: androstenedione; Androstenedione - analysis; Androstenedione - blood; Animals; blood serum; clinical trials; Dehydroepiandrosterone - analysis; Dehydroepiandrosterone - blood; Disease-Free Survival; Dog Diseases - blood; Dog Diseases - metabolism; Dog Diseases - mortality; Dogs; enzyme immunoassays; Estradiol - analysis; Estradiol - blood; Estrone - analogs & derivatives; Estrone - analysis; Estrone - blood; Female; females; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - analysis; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - blood; Immunoenzyme Techniques - veterinary; mammary neoplasms (animal); Mammary Neoplasms, Animal - blood; Mammary Neoplasms, Animal - chemistry; Mammary Neoplasms, Animal - mortality; metastasis; prasterone; progesterone; Progesterone - analysis; Progesterone - blood; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; relapse; steroid hormones; Survival Rate; testosterone; Testosterone - analysis; Testosterone - blood

Hormonal dependency of canine mammary tumours (CMT) has been studied over the last few decades. However, studies assessing the prognostic and predictive potential of serum and/or tissue steroid hormone levels are still scarce in CMT. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report relating se...