Welch WR
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· 14 papers in corpus
· active 1981-2016
Study types
- article 4
- other 3
- review 3
Condition tags
- endometriosis 10
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Frequent coauthors
- William R. Welch 10
- Berkowitz RS 5
- Knapp RC 4
- Robert C. Knapp 4
- Cramer DW 4
- Vitonis AF 3
- Ross S. Berkowitz 3
- Kathryn L. Terry 3
- Ng SW 3
- Jenison EL 2
article
2016
ObjectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics of patients with endosalpingiosis (ES) and examine its association with endometriosis and gynecologic malignancies.MethodsWe queried the medical record for patients who underwent gynecologic…
2014
ObjectiveTo investigate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) from peripheral blood, a general measure of inflammation, in ovarian cancer.MethodsWhite cell counts and CA125 levels before treatment, tumor features, and questionnaire data …
review
2013
Endometriosis is classically defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the endometrial lining and uterine musculature. With an estimated frequency of 5%-10% among women of reproductive age, endometriosis is a commo…
2013
PurposeTest the hypothesis that puerperal mastitis may alter immunity related to the mucin (MUC) family of glycoproteins and lower risk of ovarian cancer.MethodsIn two case-control studies conducted in New England between 1998 and 2008, we …
2012
BackgroundAldehyde dehydrogenases belong to a superfamily of detoxifying enzymes that protect cells from carcinogenic aldehydes. Of the superfamily, ALDH1A1 has gained most attention because current studies have shown that its expression is…
2010
ObjectiveCA125 at presentation of ovarian cancer carries important prognostic significance; but, other than tumor characteristics, little is known about factors that influence CA125 levels. We examined the effect of epidemiologic variables …
review
2007
Ovarian cancer is complex disease composed of different histological grades and types. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms involved in the development of different phenotypes remain largely unknown. Epidemiological studies identifi…
article
2004
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the histologic correlate of small echogenic foci in the ovary and to assess for any association with endometriosis or endosalpingiosis. METHODS: Women planning to have a normal ovary sur…
other
1990
Primary and metastatic tumor tissues from 21 patients with ovarian epithelial cancer were studied with a panel of 8 monoclonal antibodies. Primary tumors reacted with 1 to 7 antibodies (mean, 3.5). Heterogeneity was observed even within his…
review
1989
Forty-four patients with clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary diagnosed between 1944 and 1981 were compared with a matched cohort of 55 patients with the most common epithelial malignant lesion, serous adenocarcinoma, in terms of their pr…
article
1989
Twenty-five cases of multilocular peritoneal inclusion cysts (MPIC) were investigated. All but four cases were associated with a history of a previous abdominal or pelvic operation, or evidence of endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory diseas…
article
1989
The clinical aspects and pathologic findings in 44 cases of pure clear cell carcinoma of the ovary are presented. The patients ranged in age from 28 to 78 years (mean, 50.6 years); 54% were nulliparous. Thirty-three percent of the patients …
other
1983
A murine monoclonal antibody, OC125, reacts with a surface component of ovarian tumor cells from humans, but fails to react with normal adult ovarian cells. The spectrum of reactivity of OC125 in ovarian tumors from humans was defined by te…
other
1981
An increase in reported incidence of endometrioid and clear cell cancers of the ovary occurred in the United States during the 1970s, while no change occurred in the overall incidence of ovarian cancer. The authors can not rule out that thi…