Publications by authors named "Nhat Kim Duong"

Following the introduction of potent aromatase inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer patients, highly sensitive methods have become mandatory to evaluate the influence of these drugs on plasma estrogen levels. Commercially available kits for estrogen measurements are not suitable for these kinds of evaluations due to their detection limits that are close to baseline estrogen levels in postmenopausal women. We describe here an optimised radioimmunoassay suitable for the simultaneous measurement of plasma estrone (E1), estradiol (E2) and estrone sulfate (E1S) levels in the ultra-low range.

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