title: Hormonal profile following total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in post-menopausal endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: The Authors report the results of study carried out on ten post-menopausal patients affected with endometrial carcinoma (FIGO stage I & II) who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH & BSO). Estradiol, Testosterone and Prolactin plasma levels were assayed before surgery and in the 2nd, 10th and 30th post-operative day. The evaluation of the data supports the opinion that in postmenopause Estradiol origin is mainly extraglandular and the ovaries produce Testosterone; the evaluation of Prolactin levels before and after surgery, at last, cannot rule out the hypothesis of an hypothalamo-pituitary disfunction in post-menopausal patients affected with endometrial cancer.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002369:Castration; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin