Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

ORCID: 0000-0003-4856-0405 · 5 papers in corpus
review 2020
Association between endometriosis and gynecological cancers: a critical review of the literature
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-020-05445-1

BackgroundEndometriosis is one of the most common benign gynecological diseases with an occurrence approximately 10% in reproductive age. Endometriosis has been proposed as a possible precursor of certain ovarian carcinomas such as clear ce…

review 2015
Continuous versus cyclic oral contraceptives for the treatment of endometriosis: a systematic review
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-015-3641-1

PurposeRecurrence of endometriosis after conservative surgery has been observed in 40-50 % of patients within the first 5 years. A variety of regimens such as combined oral contraceptives, GnRH agonists, danazol, and progestins have been us…

letter 2015
Reply to: Continuous or cyclic contraceptives for endometriosis: a question still without an answer
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-015-3781-3
letter 2015
Reply to: Continuous versus cyclic oral contraceptives for endometriosis: any conclusive evidence?
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-015-3780-4
review 2009
Endometriosis, in vitro fertilisation and the risk of gynaecological malignancies, including ovarian and breast cancer
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.08.004

There is evidence that endometriosis as well as drugs used in the process of in vitro fertilisation appear to associate with increased risk for gynaecological cancer. In this review, we attempt to describe this relationship according to the…