University of Miami

Elizabeth Smith, PhDFox Chase Cancer Center Suppression of cyclooxygenase in prevention of menopausal gonadotropin-stimulated ovarian cancer risk The risk of developing ovarian cancer increases rapidly in the peri- and post-menopausal periods, when ovulation ceases but the reproductive gonadotropin hormones are elevated. These gonadotropins can induce expression of certain enzymes which stimulate an inflammation-like condition that […]