Tay SK

Endometriosis is common and poses significant morbidity of lasting impact to young, pre-menopausal women, while ovarian cancer is a lethal gynecologic condition. Both conditions need better treatment. The human omentum is an apron of adipos…

Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) has an East Asian preponderance. It is associated with endometriosis, a benign condition where endometrial (inner lining of the uterus) tissue is found outside the uterus and on the peritoneal surface, in …

BACKGROUND: Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is reportedly more common in Asians than Caucasians. We investigated the epidemiology of OCCC in an Asian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cases of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) diagnosed…

CONTEXT: The etiology and molecular pathogenesis of endometriosis, a prevalent estrogen-dependent gynecologic disease, are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify the differentially expressed genes between a…

EDITORIAL COMMENT: This article once again emphasizes that hysterectomy can be successful in alleviating chronic pelvic pain even in those women in whom the operative pathology is not usually associated with pain. Hillis (A) showed that in …

A prospective study was made of 105 consecutive patients admitted to one department of obstetrics and gynaecology for surgery for adnexal masses. The objective was to investigate if CA 125 level is measurable in the urine or saliva and to c…