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EFFECT OF CRYOSURGERY OF THE PROSTATE IN SERUM GONADOTROPIN LEVELS IN PROSTATIC CANCER.

Author(s) : WASHIDA H.

Type of article: Article

Summary

EIGHT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED PROSTATIC CARCINOMA WERE GIVEN INTRAVENOUSLY A SINGLE INJECTION OF LH-RH. BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN JUST BEFORE SURGERY AND FOUR WEEKS AFTER IT AND ANALYSED FOR HORMONES. THE FREEZING TIME WAS ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITH A LIQUID NITROGEN PROBE. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PATIENTS FOLLOWING OPERATION BUT IN ONE DEPRESSION AND FACILITATION OF FSH AND LH SECRETION, RESPECTIVELY, WERE OBSERVCED AND THERE WAS A VARIATION IN THE RESPONSE OF GONADOTROPIN IN EACH PATIENT. CONCLUDED THAT CRYOSURGERY MAY INFLUENCE HORMONE SECRETION FROM THE PITUITARY GLAND. C.R.F.

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  • Original title: EFFECT OF CRYOSURGERY OF THE PROSTATE IN SERUM GONADOTROPIN LEVELS IN PROSTATIC CANCER.
  • Record ID : 1983-0774
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryobiology - vol. 19 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1982

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