Researchers have provided further evidence that a hormone responsible for regulating breast development acts as a risk factor for breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

A landmark international study has provided robust evidence that elevated levels of prolactin, a hormone involved in breast development, increase ...

Medically reviewed by Layan Alrahmani, MD Galactorrhea is when your breasts produce milk or a milk-like substance when you are not pregnant or breastfeeding a baby. It occurs when you have too much of ...

Whether dopamine-agonist withdrawal is associated with re-expansion of the tumor in patients who experience incomplete prolactin suppression with use of these drugs is not known. As most tumors ...

Laboratory evaluation with a serum prolactin for small tumors is cost effective, other lab testing is indicated if metabolic problems are present. Care should be taken to assess for ...

For example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can determine if you have a benign pituitary tumor that may be causing ...

Resistance to dopamine agonists occurs in a subset of patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors. The resistance is mediated by loss of pituitary D 2 receptors and occurs in both ...

independent of tumor size or drug resistance or intolerance,” declare Masami Ono and Nobuhiro Miki, two of the investigators involved in this prospective study. Prolactinoma is the underlying ...