OBJECTIVE: To evaluate preoperative clinical risk factors associated with significant uterine histopathologic abnormalities in final hysterectomy specimens in patients with inadequate preoperative endometrial biopsies. STUDY DESIGN: This is…
BACKGROUND: Pituitary tumor-transforming gene (PTTG) is an oncogene that is overexpressed in variety of tumors and exhibits characteristics of a transforming gene. Previous transgenic mouse models to access the tumorigenic potential in the …
Anaplastic carcinoma (AC) of spindle cell type is an exceedingly rare ovarian malignant neoplasm. The histo-genesis of these tumors is still controversial. Although it was first thought to carry an invariably unfavorable prognosis, recent d…
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) has recommended that routine vaginal Pap (V-Pap) screening is unnecessary for women status-post (S/P) total hysterectomy (T-Hyst) for benign disease (Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. 2nd e…