Dr. David Blask This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. Comprehensive Cancer Care I (1999)

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   Published on: 5/27/2001   Last Visited: 4/12/2002

   New Therapies in Breast Cancer- Melatonin Center For Mind Body Medicine 1998 Conference Moderator: Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH Presenters: David Blask, MD, PhD
   
   Dr. Blask: Thank you very much. My name is Dave Blask. I'm from the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Research Institute in beautiful Cooperstown, New York, at the southern end of Otsego Lake in upstate New York.
   
   I've been working for about 20 years now on the pineal gland and particularly the hormone melatonin in relationship to cancer, particularly breast cancer. I'd like to discuss with you today the work that we've done in the laboratory. It has extended to some clinical trials in Europe suggesting that the hormone melatonin produced in the pineal gland may be a promising agent in combination with tamoxifen to enhance tamoxifen's effect on breast cancer.
   
   I'll show you some evidence that may suggest that melatonin may reverse tamoxifen resistance. I'm going to take you through our laboratory bench studies to the bedside. Along the way I'll take you on a little tour through the pineal gland and how melatonin is produced, what it does.