Gynecologic Oncology

Definitions Primary amenorrheaFailure of menarche to occur when expected in relation to the onset of pubertal development. • No menarche by age 16 years with signs of pubertal development. • No onset of pubertal development by age 14 years. Secondary amenorrhea • Absence of menstruation for 3 or more months in a perviously mentruating women of reproductive age.

ORMELOXIFNE - A new Treatment Modality in DUB Dr. Surendra Nath Panda, M.S. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology M.K.C.G. Medical CollegeBerhampur, Orissa, INDIA

PROCLACTIN • Is a polypeptide hormone containing 198 amino acids and having a molecular weight of 22,000 daltons. • It curculates in different molecular sizes- a (small) form (mol wt 22,000), and a (big) form (mol wt 50,000), and an even larger (big-big) form (mol wt > 100,000). • The small form is biologically active, and about 80% of the hormone secreted is in this