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Prolactin and colorectal cancer: is there a connection?

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1999

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D Baert, Christophe Matthys, JM Gillardin, L Lepoutre, Linda M. Thienpont, Jennifer Kaufman, Claude Cuvelier, Michele D. Vos
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Abstract

Our results do not support the hypothesis of an ectopic prolactin production by colon adenocarcinoma. Only in a subgroup of rectal cancers, an ectopic prolactin production remains probable. At present, prolactin cannot be recommended as a tumor marker in colorectal cancer.