Measuring serum melatonin in postmenopausal women: Implications for epidemiologic studies and breast cancer studies.

Lisa W ChuEsther M JohnBaiyu YangAllison W KurianYasaman ZiaKai YuSue A InglesFrank Z StanczykAnn W Hsing

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Our results suggest that it is possible to reliably measure melatonin in postmenopausal women in morning serum samples in large epidemiologic studies to evaluate the role of melatonin in cancer etiology or prognosis.

Keyphrases

postmenopausal women
bone mineral density
case control
papillary thyroid
body composition
young adults
squamous cell