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...Women who smoke or exercise regularly reduce their estrogen levels which can influence whether or not they get the disease," Cramer said. "They may lighten their periods which stops the tissue from growing...
...findings fit in with previous studies on estrogen levels. Women who smoke have slightly lower estrogen levels, and endometriosis is estrogen dependent," said Robert Balbieri, a clinical fellow in obstetrics and gynecology who also studies the disease...
...smoking does prevent endometriosis, "it's probably working by destroying enzymes that produce estrogen," Cramer told the New York Times. "And that has been associated with other pregnancy-related diseases caused by smoking...
...varies from patient to patient. As a result, repeated monitoring of Pergonal's effect is essential. Says Dr. Roger Lobo, chief of the division of infertility at U.S.C.: "We do not give Pergonal unless we are able to monitor." One monitoring procedure consists of measuring levels of the hormone estrogen in a patient's blood or urine. As the follicles mature, hormone levels gradually increase. The higher the estrogen level, the likelier it becomes that more than one egg has matured. Another procedure is the sonar-scanning technique called ultrasound, which produces black-and-white images of a woman...
Still, the drug is not a cure-all. The NIH panel reported that it is ineffective against breast-cancer cells that are not estrogen dependent and seems to have little effect in premenopausal women, who respond best to a combination of chemotherapy drugs. The panel stressed that most older breast- cancer victims whose lymph nodes have not been invaded by malignant cells need neither tamoxifen nor chemotherapy after surgery, but urged that they have frequent checkups...