OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of lymph node (LN) metastasis in comprehensively staged ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) clinically confined to the ovary and determine factors associated with LN metastasis. M…
OBJECTIVE: Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is recommended for women with BRCA mutation due to increased risk of pelvic serous carcinoma. Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) is a pathologic finding of unknown clinical si…
Robotic surgery is increasingly being performed for endometrial cancer. Robotic hysterectomies (RH), like traditional laparoscopic hysterectomies (LH), involve a significant amount of uterine manipulation. The use of a manipulator is though…
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence of diagnostic discrepancy between frozen-section and final diagnosis of the endocervical margin at time of radical trachelectomy and to apply an objective scoring system to non-invasive endocervical gland…
Primary malignant tumors of the fallopian tube are one of the rarest malignancies of the female genital tract. Although the etiology of fallopian tube cancer is unclear, it has reportedly been associated with nulliparity, chronic tubal infl…
The second major group of endometrial carcinomasType II carcinomas-generally have a poorer prognosis, appear unrelated to estrogenic stimulation, are of higher grade and stage, and manifest at a later age. The majority of Type II tumors are…