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Problem: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…
PROBLEM: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…
OBJECTIVE: The object of this study was to analyse the tissue and serum metalloproteinase (MMP-2), an enzyme which degrades the basement membrane collagen type IV, as a potential marker useful in prognostic evaluation and clinical monitorin…
Serum CA-125 concentrations were investigated preoperatively in 91 consecutive women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain and/or annexial cysts. The presence and extent of endometriosis were carefully assessed, including the …
From 1985 to 1991, 9 patients with endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary were treated and followed at the University of Ancona, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Four patients (44.4%) had Stage I disease, 1 (11.1%) Stage II, 1 (11.1%) …
Malignant transformation arising in endometriosis has been reported in some cases. Following Sampson's criteria, about 0.7%-1% of all cases of endometriosis undergo malignant transformation and the ovary is the most frequent site. A case is…