Ovarian Cancer
Aug 05, 2021
Patients with ovarian cancer often present with late-stage disease and nonspecific symptoms, but little is known about factors affecting the time to diagnosis (TTD) in the United States.A retrospectiv...
Aug 05, 2021
Conventional frontline treatment for ovarian cancer consists of successive chemotherapy cycles of paclitaxel and platinum. Despite the initial favorable responses for most patients, chemotherapy resis...
Jul 22, 2021
Genetic studies have revealed a critical role of the distal-less homeobox gene 5 () in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and T-cell lymphoma; however, the role and underlying mechanisms...
Jun 28, 2021
Multigene panels are commercially available for the evaluation of prostate cancer (PCA) predisposition, which necessitates tailored genetic counseling (GC) for men. Here we describe emerging results o...
Jun 28, 2021
NUT carcinoma is an aggressive epithelial malignancy defined by NUTM1 translocation, usually arising in the head/neck or thorax regions and showing squamous differentiation. Herein, we describe an ext...
Jun 24, 2021
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death in patients with gynecologic cancers. Due to late diagnosis and resistance to chemotherapy, the 5-year survival rate in patients with OC is below 40%....
Jun 24, 2021
High-grade serous tubo-ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) is a major cause of cancer-related death. Treatment is not uniform, with some patients undergoing primary debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy (PD...
Jun 24, 2021
Platinum sensitivity is an important prognostic factor in patients with ovarian cancer. Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 4 (CHD4) is a core member of the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase...
Jun 18, 2021
Unplanned acute care continues to be a major contributor to growing healthcare costs in the United States, especially among patients with cancer. Quality measures have been developed to reduce healthc...
Jun 10, 2021
Ovarian cancer remains a very common cause of death among women worldwide. The cause is to be found in too late of a diagnostic process and therapeutic difficulties The presence of heat shock proteins...
Jun 10, 2021
To understand perspectives on and acceptability of prehabilitation among patients undergoing complex abdominal cancer surgery (cytoreductive surgery with or without hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemot...
Jun 10, 2021
Models of fear of cancer recurrence or progression (FCR/P) suggest that the way in which people interpret ambiguous physical symptoms is an important contributor to the development and maintenance of ...
Jun 04, 2021
Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer most commonly present when their disease has reached an advanced stage. “While primary cytoreductive surgery is a treatment option for some patients, others...
Jun 03, 2021
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare set of neurological disorders arising from tumor-associated autoimmunity against antigens within the cerebellum. Anti-Purkinje cell cytoplasmic a...
Jun 03, 2021
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women and one of the most prevalent malignancies in humans. Therefore, improved methods for OC early detection are urgently needed. Re...
Jun 03, 2021
To explore the efficacy and safety of dendritic cell-cytokine induced killer cell (DC-CIK) immunotherapy combined with paclitaxel-cisplatin chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.Pat...
May 27, 2021
Hormone therapies, particularly those targeting estrogen and its receptors, are a key treatment modality for patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast or ovarian cancer. Some gastric cancer...
May 27, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) will play an increasing role in health care. In gynecologic oncology, it can advance tailored screening, precision surgery, and personalized targeted therapies.The aim of ...
May 27, 2021
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is an all-in-one tool to visualize the complex systems of any specimen that is 1 nm in size or smaller. The current chapter provides detailed guidelines for ima...
May 24, 2021
Treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) will benefit from early detection of the cancer. Here, we provide proof-of-concept data supporting the hypothesis that circulating immune cells, b...