title: Diminished pineal function coincides with disturbed circadian endocrine rhythmicity in untreated primary cancer patients. Consequence of premature aging or of tumor growth?
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Pharmacology, University Women's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Flüchter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mecke
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lippert
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000502:physiology; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin