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OBJECTIVE
The goal of this study was to investigate clinical manifestations of lower extremity edema (LEE) after lymph node dissection in patients with primary endometrial cancer.
METHODS
Women with primary endometrial cancer who underwent staging surgery between November 2001 and March 2011 were
BACKGROUND
Patients presenting with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic endometrial cancer have limited treatment options. On behalf of the Gynecologic Oncology Group, we conducted this phase II trial of nintedanib (BIBF 1120), a potent small molecule triple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety and toxicity of docetaxel as first-line chemotherapy or in previously treated patients (one regimen) with recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer.
METHODS
Prospective phase II study in patients referred to the Department of
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, clinical outcome and complications of laparoscopic surgery in women with endometrial cancer and to compare surgical outcome and postoperative early and late complications with results of traditional laparotomy.
METHODS
Forty women
UNASSIGNED
Venous thromboembolism after open gynecologic surgery is not uncommon, especially in the presence of other risk factors such as obesity, prolonged surgical time or gynecologic malignancy.
UNASSIGNED
We present the case of a 62 y.o. patient who underwent open hysterectomy and surgical
There are few cases, to our knowledge, that report the successful treatment of iliac venous stenosis due to gynecologic malignancies with the use of self-expanding metallic endovascular stents. Our patient, who had right lower limb edema, had iliac lymph node metastases which caused iliac vein
OBJECTIVE
To compare the surgical and clinical outcomes of patients affected by early-stage endometrial cancer treated using the Telelap ALF-X platform versus conventional laparoscopic surgery.
METHODS
Single institution retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an essential role in normal uterine physiology and function as well as endometrial cancer and other uterine disorders. Recently we showed that estrogen regulation of VEGF expression in the rat uterus involves rapid recruitment of both estrogen receptor
OBJECTIVE
This two-stage phase II study assessed activity of single agent dalantercept in patients with recurrent/persistent endometrial carcinoma (EMC).
METHODS
Eligible patients had persistent/recurrent EMC after 1-2 prior cytotoxic regimens, measurable disease (RECIST 1.1), and GOG performance≤2.
BACKGROUND
The features of radiation or chemotherapy cystitis mimicking invasive urothelial cancer are not widely known.
METHODS
A search of the consultation files from our institution between January 1996 and September 2003 identified 20 patients with bladder biopsies showing cystitis mimicking
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod borne neurotropic single stranded RNA flavivirus with <1% developing presenting with neurological disease. Immunocompromised and elderly patients are more prone to developing WNV meningitis or encephalitis. Definitive diagnosis of WNV meningoencephalitis is a
BACKGROUND
There are few reported cases of cardiac metastasis associated with endometrial cancer (EC) and no reports of long-term survival. We report a case of EC presenting with metastasis to the right ventricle resulting in right heart failure.
METHODS
A 61-year-old woman presented with a 10-day
OBJECTIVE
To assess the ultrasonographic appearance and associated pathological changes of the endometrium in postmenopausal breast cancer patients with tamoxifen therapy.
METHODS
Forty-eight postmenopausal breast cancer patients receiving 20 mg/day tamoxifen for 6-84 months (mean 29) and 38 control
In a 2-year NTP bioassay, Bromoethane (BE) was found to induce endometrial neoplasms in the uterus of B6C3F1 mice [; ]. In women, hormonal influences, such as "unopposed" estrogenic stimulus, have been implicated as important etiologic factors in uterine cancer. BE, however, does not affect the
The authors analyzed 600 patients with uterine leiomyoma examined at the Escola Paulista de Medicina and submitted to surgical treatment between 1976 and 1987. The uteri were carefully studied and leiomyomas were confirmed. Other diseases were also found in 71.17% of the cases. Uteri from