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Nonendocrine theories of the etiology of benign breast disease

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This article summarizes 15 years of clinical and laboratory studies that have continued the search for a biochemical basis for the development and resolution of symptomatic benign fibrocystic disease. The clinical response to diet modifications is presented along with simultaneous laboratory tissue and serum studies. An ongoing study of the clinical response to complete and total methylxanthine abstention, especially caffeine, is presented in the initial part of the article. Following the clinical observations, is a series of laboratory studies, some of which actually preceded the clinical investigation and, in fact, pointed out that a beneficial clinical response might occur in some women following complete abstention. In the last paragraph, we present current information that may identify which women are susceptible to fibrocystic breast disease development.

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Les auteurs résument ici leur expérience clinique et biologique de 15 ans: le but est de trouver une base biochimique du développement et de la résolution de la maladie fibrokystique bénigne symptomatique du sein. La réponse clinique aux modifications diététiques, accompagnée d'études simultanées tissulaires et sanguines, est présentée. Au début de cet article, on présente les résultats d'une étude toujours en cours, sur la réponse clinique à l'abstention complète des composés à base de méthylxanthines, notamment la caféine. Après les cas cliniques, on trouve une série d'études de laboratoire, dont certaines avaient précédé les investigations cliniques: elles avaient, d'ailleurs, indiqué que la réponse à l'abstention complète pouvait être positive chez certaines femmes. Enfin, on présente les données récentes qui peuvent aider à identifier les femmes susceptibles de développer la maladie fibrokystique bénigne du sein.

Resumen

Este artículo resume 15 años de estudios clínicos y de laboratorio que han continuado la búsqueda de un fundamento bioquímico para el desarrollo y resolución de la enfermedad fibroquística. La respuesta clínica a las modificaciones dietarias es presentada al tiempo con estudios de laboratorio de tejidos y de suero. Se reporta, en la parte inicial del artículo, un estudio en progreso sobre la respuesta clínica a la abstención completa y total de metilxantina, específicamente de cafeína. A continuación de las observaciones clínicas, aparece una serie de estudios de laboratorio, algunos de los cuales precedieron a la investigación clínica y realmente señalaron que se puede presentar una respuesta clínica beneficiosa en algunas mujeres mediante la abstención completa. En el último parágrafo presentamos información actual capaz de identificar cuáles mujeres son susceptibles de desarrollar enfermedad fibroquística de los senos.

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Minton, J.P., Abou-Issa, H. Nonendocrine theories of the etiology of benign breast disease. World J. Surg. 13, 680–684 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01658414

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