“…While levels of total unmodified prostaglandin in urine have been correlated with only a few diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease (Raatz et al , ) and anaphylaxis (Lieberman, )), levels of prostaglandin metabolites in urine have attracted more scrutiny. High levels of the PGD 2 metabolite tetranor PGDM in urine have been correlated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, systemic mastocytosis, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, and colon cancer (Nakagawa et al , ,b; Iwanaga et al , ; Cho et al , ). High levels of urinary PGE 2 metabolite levels appear to be associated with colorectal adenoma (Shrubsole et al , ; Davenport et al , ), pancreatic cancer (Zhao et al , ), and breast cancer in postmenopausal women (Cui et al , ).…”