Gynecologic Cancer
News
Bevacizumab plus fosbretabulin improves PFS* in ovarian cancer
Key clinical point: The combination of bevacizumab and fosbretabulin significantly improves progression-free survival, compared with bevacizumab...
Commentary
Endometrial cancer
News
CDC: More can be done to prevent cervical cancer fatalities
Commentary
Risk-reducing salpingectomy during surgery for benign indications
News
IBD, especially Crohn’s disease, linked to cervical neoplasia
Key clinical point: Women with IBD, especially Crohn’s disease, are at increased risk for developing cervical neoplasia. Major finding: Women with...
News
Ovarian cancer often arises from precursor endometriosis
News
Paradigm shift: Prophylactic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer risk reduction
News
Risk factors identified for occult cancers found at risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy
Key clinical point: Older postmenopausal women, BRCA 1/2 mutation carriers, and women with abnormal cancer 125 (CA-125) serum levels or...
Conference Coverage
No unexpected leiomyosarcomas in chart review of TVH and LAVH cases
Key clinical point: This study provides another estimate of the rate of unexpected leiomyosarcomas in women undergoing hysterectomy for presumably...
News
Majority of cancer patients with depression untreated; integrated collaborative care found ‘strikingly’ effective
Key clinical point: It is possible to effectively treat major depression in patients with poor-prognosis cancer.Major finding: A total of 73% of...