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Does Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia deplete melatonin hormone levels?
51 yr old, Female
asked May 07, 2010 at 09:34AM in Oncology/Cancer
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answered Dec 01, 2010 at 12:32AMMelatonin is depressed in patients with cancers of different origins during the phase of primary tumor growth whereas a normal or elevated pineal melatonin secretory activity is found during early stages of tumor development .
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http://www.nel.edu/23_s1/NEL23s1_REVIEW_abstr.htm
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/otherendo/pineal.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21062257
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