DeGeest K

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2001-2012

Study types

  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
2012
The role of LEF1 in endometrial gland formation and carcinogenesis.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040312

Endometrial carcinoma is the most common gynecologic cancer, yet the mechanisms underlying this disease process are poorly understood. We hypothesized that Lef1 is required for endometrial gland formation within the uterus and is overexpres…

2010
Diurnal cortisol dysregulation, functional disability, and depression in women with ovarian cancer.
Cancer ·doi:10.1002/cncr.25299

BackgroundMultiple alterations in circadian rhythms have been observed in cancer patients, including the diurnal rhythm of the adrenal hormone cortisol. Diurnal cortisol alterations have been associated with cancer-related physiological pro…

2008
Depressed and anxious mood and T-cell cytokine expressing populations in ovarian cancer patients.
Brain, behavior, and immunity ·doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2007.12.012

The adaptive immune response of ovarian cancer patients has been linked to survival, and is known to be impaired in the tumor microenvironment. Little is known about relationships between biobehavioral factors such as depressed mood and anx…

other 2001
Simultaneously detected endometrial and ovarian carcinomas--a prospective clinicopathologic study of 74 cases: a gynecologic oncology group study
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1006/gyno.2001.6400

OBJECTIVES: The coexistence of carcinomas of the endometrium and ovary occurs in about 10% of women with ovarian carcinoma. It is often unclear whether this represents synchronous primary tumors or metastasis from endometrium to ovary, or f…