Open AccessLight regimen, anovulation, and risk of malignant neoplasms of the female reproductive system:the mechanisms of link and prevention
Author(s) -
Vladimir N. Anisimov,
Eduard К. Ailamazyan,
Dmitri A. Baturin,
Mark A. Zabezhinsky,
Irina Alimova,
Irina G. Popovich,
D. S. Beniashvily,
K. G. Menton,
M. Provincialy,
K. Franchesky
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd88837
Subject(s) - melatonin , anovulation , medicine , pineal gland , female reproductive system , regimen , endocrinology , physiology , endometrium , breast cancer , circadian rhythm , oncology , gynecology , cancer , polycystic ovary , insulin resistance , insulin
This article contains own and literature data on stimulating influence of constant light illumination on the risk of the development of anovulation, hyperplastics processes and cancers of the female reproductive system organs (mammary gland, endometrium, and ovaries) in the laboratory animals and women. Contrary, the light deprivation obstacles to the cancer development. The ata on the key role of the inhibition of production of pineal hormone melatonin in the pathology that developed under the effect of light-at-night as well as on the possible prevention of this pathology with melatonin and pineal peptides are reported.