Current and future role of genetic screening in gynecologic malignancies

KL Ring, C Garcia, MH Thomas, SC Modesitt - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The world of hereditary cancers has seen exponential growth in recent years. While
hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and Lynch syndrome account for the majority of …

Disparities in ovarian cancer survival in the United States (2001‐2009): Findings from the CONCORD‐2 study

SL Stewart, R Harewood, M Matz, SH Rim… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in
the United States. This study reports ovarian cancer survival by state, race, and stage at …

Ovarian mass–differentiating benign from malignant: the value of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis ultrasound rules

JS Abramowicz, D Timmerman - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer, the fifth most common cause of cancer death among women, has the
highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers. General survival rate is< 50% but can reach …

[HTML][HTML] Is ovarian cancer prevention currently still a recommendation of our grandparents?

MP Jammal, CA de Lima, EFC Murta… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologic tumors because in most of
the cases (75%), the disease is diagnosed in advanced stages. Screening methods are not …

Prolactin Receptor–Mediated Internalization of Imaging Agents Detects Epithelial Ovarian Cancer with Enhanced Sensitivity and Specificity

KM Sundaram, Y Zhang, AK Mitra, JLK Kouadio… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Poor prognosis of ovarian cancer, the deadliest of the gynecologic malignancies, reflects
major limitations associated with detection and diagnosis. Current methods lack high …

ACR appropriateness criteria® ovarian cancer screening

PV Pandharipande, KP Lowry, C Reinhold… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
There has been much interest in the identification of a successful ovarian cancer screening
test, in particular, one that can detect ovarian cancer at an early stage and improve survival …

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in patients with ovarian cancer

C Gesi, C Carmassi, F Sancassiani… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the deadliest malignancies. The impact of this diagnosis is,
therefore, highly traumatic, and affected women are prone to significant distress during the …

The role of transvaginal ultrasonography for detecting ovarian cancer in an asymptomatic screening population: a systematic review

KJ Buhling, S Lezon, C Eulenburg… - Archives of gynecology …, 2017 - Springer
Introduction The purpose of this study was to systematically analyze the effect of
transvaginal ultrasonography in an asymptomatic female population as an annual screening …

[HTML][HTML] Complications from surgeries related to ovarian cancer screening

LA Baldwin, EJ Pavlik, E Ueland, HE Brown, KM Ladd… - Diagnostics, 2017 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate complications of surgical intervention for participants in
the Kentucky Ovarian Cancer Screening Program and compare results to those of the …

Current updates on salpingectomy for the prevention of ovarian cancer and its practice patterns worldwide

S Dhakal, Y Zheng, X Yi - Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
A paradigm shift of the origin of ovarian cancer to fallopian tube has brought more focus on
bilateral salpingectomy as a preventive method for ovarian cancer. Bilateral salpingectomy …