Background/Objectives: Ovarian cancer (OC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women, largely driven by late-stage diagnosis. Five-year survival is just 30% for advanced-stage (III-IV) disease but exceeds 90% for early-stage d…
Background/Objectives: Ovarian cancer (OC) is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage due to the nonspecific nature of its symptoms. While population-wide screening has failed to reduce mortality, timely diagnosis in symptomatic women rem…
OBJECTIVE: Symptoms occur in up to 75% of patients with early-stage ovarian cancer; as such, using a symptom inventory (SI) to stratify which patients should receive screening for ovarian cancer is an attractive approach to mitigate false-p…
OBJECTIVE: To determine biomarkers other than CA 125 that could be used in identifying early-stage ovarian cancer. DATA SOURCES: Ovid MEDLINE ALL, EMBASE, Web of Science Core Collection, ScienceDirect, Clinicaltrials.gov , and CAB Direct w…
BACKGROUND: We present a rare case of a dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy in a noncommunicating rudimentary uterine horn diagnosed prior to rupture at 12 weeks of gestation. CASE: A 33-year-old woman with history of two prior spontaneo…
Objective. Gelatin-thrombin matrix (GTM) tissue sealant use was previously identified as an independent predictor of pelvic infection following hysterectomies. We aim to elucidate contributing factors by assessing influence of GTM on bacter…