Saline sonohysterography for monitoring asymptomatic postmenopausal breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of sonohysterography for monitoring asymptomatic postmenopausal breast cancer patients on long-term tamoxifen therapy.

Methods: Thirty-eight asymptomatic postmenopausal patients receiving tamoxifen for breast cancer were enrolled into the study. The endometrium of study subjects was measured by transvaginal ultrasound.

Elevated concentrations of angiogenin in serum and ascitic fluid from patients with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

This study was conducted to investigate the possible role of angiogenin in the pathogenesis of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). The study group consisted of 10 healthy women who developed severe OHSS (group A) following ovarian stimulation by a long protocol of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues/human menopausal gonadotrophin for in-vitro fertilization. A control group B (n = 10) underwent stimulation by the same protocol and did not develop OHSS.