Gynecologic Cancer
News
FDA panel unanimously backs cobas HPV test as primary screening tool
News
Prophylactic oophorectomy cuts all-cause mortality 77% in BRCA mutation carriers
Major finding: Oophorectomy had a profound protective effect on all-cause mortality and cancer-specific mortality both for BRCA1 carriers and for...
Case Reports
A rare case of ovarian carcinosarcoma with neuroendocrine differentiation
A 60-year-old woman presented with worsening right lower extremity swelling for 2 days. The patient had no history of trauma or prolonged...
News
Bevacizumab improved survival in advanced cervical cancer
Major finding: Women who received added bevacizumab had a longer median overall survival than women who received chemotherapy alone (17.0 vs.
Feature
Synthetic lethality: beating cancer at its own game
The primary focus for targeted cancer agents has typically been to counteract the oncogenic signaling that results from genetic defects. A new...
Commentary
Obesity and Gynecologic Cancer
Original Report
Multimodality therapy for uterine serous carcinoma and the association with overall and relapse-free survival
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Surgery may benefit elderly women with endometrial cancer
Major finding: Elderly women who had surgery for endometrial cancer lived about 1 year longer than those who did not have surgery.Data source: A...
News
Laparoscopic radical trachelectomy preserves fertility potential
Major finding: A laparoscopic radical trachelectomy preserved fertility in 8 of 10 women with early cervical cancer, with no recurrences at a mean...
Original Report
Illness perceptions matter: understanding quality of life and advanced illness behaviors in female patients with late-stage cancer
News
Extraperitoneal lymphadenectomy nets bigger node harvest in endometrial cancer
Major finding: Extraperitoneal laparoscopic lymphadenectomy secured a median of 10 para-aortic lymph nodes during endometrial cancer staging –...