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Scientific Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty [Girls] [The]. 2000; 21 (2): 405-411
in English
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ABSTRACT
A total of 30 female patients [mean age of 48.8 years] with operable breast cancer [14 were premenopausal and 16 were postmenopausal] was studied. Another 10 patients [5 were premenopausal and 5 were postmenopausal] with different types of hernia were taken as a control group. Blood samples for the estimation of serum prolactin level [SPL] were taken from breast cancer and control patients. In conclusion, in breast cancer patients, SPL was higher in advanced staging and in more grading of the tumor