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ObjectiveOur prospective studies in Japan have found an increased ovarian cancer incidence in women with ovarian endometrioma (standardized incidence ratio, 8.95; 95% confidence intervals, 4.12-5.3). The risk increased with increasing age a…
Although some studies have indicated that endometriosis may increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer, there are no data from epidemiologic studies in Japan. We prospectively analyzed all cases of ovarian endometrioma enrolled in the p…
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis, a common disease among women of reproductive age, is characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. TNF-alpha induces IL-8 production in endometriotic cells through nuclear factor-kapp…
We have established an in vitro system in which epithelial cells (EC) and stromal cells (SC) from the human endometrium are placed in culture to examine the production of CA125. There was a much greater amount of CA125 in heterotopic EC aft…
We measured five tumor markers simultaneously for serodiagnostic testing as a method for the early detection of ovarian cancer. To decrease both false negativity and false positivity in the results of combination assay, statistical analysis…