title: Evaluation of luteal-phase salivary progesterone levels in women with benign breast disease or primary breast cancer.
abstract: Salivary progesterone concentrations were determined in premenopausal parous women with a mean age of ca. 40 yr who had a history of either benign breast disease (n = 15) or primary breast cancer (n = 15) and in a group of age-matched healthy women (n = 15). Saliva samples were collected at 09.00 and 21.00 hr daily for one complete menstrual cycle and progesterone concentration was measured by radioimmunoassay. Characteristic luteal-phase progesterone profiles were observed in all subjects in each of the three groups but no statistical intergroup differences could be demonstrated for age-matched subjects in each group. These studies indicated that ovarian dysfunction, as judged from salivary progesterone concentrations, was not apparent in older premenopausal women with a history of benign breast disease or primary breast cancer when compared with age-matched controls.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D008593:Menopause; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D008875:Middle Aged; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone