( ( In ( female mice ) ) ( , ( ( the ( surgical ( cure rates ) ) ) ( ( are ( improved ( ( ( if ( ( transplanted ( mammary tumors ) ) ( are ( excised ( during ( the proestrus ) ) ) ) ) ) or ) ( ( ( estrus ( of ( the ( female ( mouse&iacute;s estrous ) ) ) ) ) ( ( cycle .2,3 ) ( ( These stages ) ( in ( the ( mouse estrous ) ) ) ) ) ) ( cycle ( ( correspond ( to ( ( the time ) ( of ovulation ) ) ) ) ( in women ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJ female) (NNS mice))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (JJ surgical) (NN cure) (NNS rates)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN improved) (SBAR (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (JJ transplanted) (NN mammary) (NNS tumors)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN excised) (PP (IN during) (NP (DT the) (NNS proestrus))))))) (CC or) (SBAR (X (NP (NP (NNS estrus)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ female) (NNS mouse&iacute;s) (NNS estrous)))) (NP (NN cycle) (CD .2,3)) (NP (NP (DT These) (NNS stages)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN mouse) (NNS estrous))))) (S (NP (NN cycle)) (VP (VB correspond) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN time)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN ovulation))))) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNS women))))))))) (. .)))
In female mice, the surgical cure rates are improved if transplanted mammary tumors are excised during the proestrus or estrus of the female mouse&iacute;s estrous cycle.2,3 These stages in the mouse estrous cycle correspond to the time of ovulation in women.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Ovulation)) (VP (VBZ occurs) (SBAR (IN before) (S (NP (DT the) (NN endometrium)) (VP (VBZ thickens) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ estrous) (NNS cycles))))))) (. .)))