Sentences with phrase «gonadal cancer»

The daughter's gonads were also examined after surgery and exhibited an early form of gonadal cancer.

Even worse, the tissue defects in the original patient identified with this mutation also contribute to the development of gonadal cancer.

Not exact matches

For some cancers of interest, not only may breeds vary in predisposition but also the possibility of interactions between gender, gonadal hormone influences, and timing of gonadal hormone alteration should be taken into account in selecting the model and in investigating causal factors to be explored.

Comparisons of cancers in the two breeds suggest that the occurrence of cancers in female Golden Retrievers is a reflection of particular vulnerability to gonadal hormone removal.

The relatively high occurrence of one or more of these cancers in intact male Goldens, coupled with the relative absence of an effect of neutering, except with regard to LSA, points to a relatively high underlying rate of cancer occurrence in this gender and breed that is not affected by gonadal hormone removal.

This may reflect a particular sensitivity of receptor sites of some potentially metastatic cancer cells to gonadal hormone removal and / or prolonged levels of the gonadotropin hormone, follicle stimulating hormone [28].

The striking effect of neutering in female Golden Retrievers compared to male and female Labradors, and male Golden Retrievers, suggests that for this gender and breed the presence of gonadal hormones has a protective effect against cancers over most years of the dog's life.