ESTRONEX COM RO

Collection Instr. …………: Patient Preparation – Women:

Collect between the eighteenth and twenty-fifth day of the menstrual cycle, counting from the first day of menstruation.

– For menopausal patients it does not matter which day the collection day is.

– Testing during pregnancy is not recommended.

– It is not necessary to discontinue nutritional supplements, hormones, or medications if they are being used.

Patient Preparation – Men:

– It is not necessary to discontinue nutritional supplements or medications if they are in Use The Day Before.

– Be fasting for at least 8 hours due to morning urine collection. If you wake up early in the morning to urinate out of habit or because you are taking medication, collect urine after 2 a.m., even if you have not fasted for 8 hours. Freeze the bottle until you can send it to the laboratory.

– Do not consume any type of alcoholic beverage during the 24 hours preceding the collection.

– Decrease the consumption of liquids in generation to avoid excessive dilution of the urine, water, soups, fruits with a lot of liquid (melon, watermelon, etc), juices, yogurts, soft drinks, etc. NEVER WASH OR WET THE TUBE.

Technical Information: With a simple urine sample, the Estronex profile assesses the following ratios of critical estrogen metabolites: 2:16 ratio > 2-OHE1 to 16αOHE / 2:2 ratio > 2-OHE1 to 2-MeOE (2- Methoxyoestradiol). Studies have shown that assessment of the ratio of these metabolites provides important indication of risk for the future development of estrogen-dependent cancers. Studies also show that this risk is modifiable.