The purpose of this study was to ascertain if a relationship exists between the transfer
constant of conversion of plasma androstenedione to estrone ([ϱ] BU AE1) and total body�…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transfer constant of conversion of plasma
androstenedione to estrone ([ϱ] BU AE1) as a function of total body weight and excess body�…

Thirty-five consecutive patients with adenocarcinoma of the endometrium and an equal
number of control subjects matched to the cancer patients for age and percentage of ideal�…

Postmenopausal women convert circulatory C19 steroids to estrogen. In order to study the
possible role of such estrogen in endometrial cancer, the determination of the fractional�…

To explore the relationship between extraglandular estrogen formation and the clinical
parameters of age, weight, and endometrial neoplasia, an assay was developed to measure�…

Objectives: Endogenous sex hormones are thought to be involved in breast and endometrial
cancers, but few studies have evaluated the relationships between hormones and risk�…

With the use of specific radioimmunoassays, serum testosterone (T) and androstenedione
(Δ) levels were measured before and 6 to 8 weeks after oophorectomy in 5 premenopausal�…

Abstract Serum 17β-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1 levels were measured before and 6-8
weeks after ovariectomy in 16 postmenopausal women with endometrial cancer, and in 10�…

In normal and obese young males [90–120% and< 160% of ideal body weight (IBW); IBW=
100%], plasma concentrations of testosterone, androstenedione, estrone, and estradiol were�…

The conversion of Δ4 to E1 in vitro by human female fat tissue was investigated. In patients
with endometrial carcinoma an average conversion of 0.1% was found. The values ranged�…