title: [Correlations between prolactin and somatotropic hormone in human breast cancer].
abstract: The authors review any possible correlation between prolactin and growth hormone in human breast cancer. They find neither a significant relationship between growth hormone and breast cancer nor between prolactin and growth hormone. In many cases however, prolactin levels may be used as a neoplastic marker. The excess of prolactin could originate either in a tumor factor stimulating its secretion by the hypophysis or in an ectopic production of the hormone by tumor tissue.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002979:Climacteric; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Correlaciones entre prolactina y hormona somatotropa en el carcinoma de mama humano.