BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer represents the primary cause of mortality from gynecological malignancies among women. Treatment strategies for benign versus malignant ovarian tumors differ significantly, making accurate preoperative diagnosis e…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a prevalent gynecological condition that primarily affects women of reproductive age. When the gastrointestinal system is involved, it can lead to bowel dysfunction and pose diagnostic challenges. AIMS: To pres…
OBJECTIVE: We presented a rare case of aortic mural thrombosis with bilateral renal infarction in a woman taking dienogest for adenomyosis. The objective is to highlight the possible risk of thrombosis in woman with antiphospholipid syndrom…
BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer is one of the top seven causes of cancer deaths. Incidence of ovarian cancer varies by ethnicity, where Asian women demonstrate lower incidence rates than non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites. Survival prediction models…
AIM: To retrospectively investigate the pre-operative clinical factors and ultrasonographic features that influence the accuracy of the intraoperative frozen section (IFS) of ovarian tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Women with ovarian tumors …
Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is a rare clinical condition characterized by the development of multiple smooth muscle-like nodules in the peritoneal or abdominal cavity. Here, we report a case of a patient who was diagnosed …
Ovarian cancer is a cancer of high mortality. Aberrant gene methylation of tumor suppressor genes has been shown to be related to the development of malignancy. This study aimed to investigate the methylation of various genes in ovarian cle…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the changes of incidence and prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer in thirty years in Taiwan. METHODS: The databases of women with epithelial ovarian cancer during the period from 1979 to 2008 were retrieved from…
The alpha-folate receptor (α-FR) is highly-expressed in various non-mucinous tumors of epithelial origin, including ovarian carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between alpha-folate receptor (α-FR) and the cl…