The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) conducts a nationwide survey every 2 years to evaluate the status and trends of endoscopic surgery in Japan. This article reports the results of the 17th Nationwide Survey conducted by the JSE…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) is a well-known type of cancer that arises from ovarian endometrioma (OE). OE contains iron-rich fluid in its cysts due to repeated hemorrhages in the ovaries. However, distinguishi…
BACKGROUND: Since the human papillomavirus vaccines do not eliminate preexisting infections, nonsurgical alternative approaches to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) have been required. We previously reported that FOXP4 (forkhead box …
BACKGROUND: Postoperative paralytic ileus can be a difficult complication for both surgeons and patients. Causes and treatments have been discussed for more than two centuries, but have not yet been fully resolved. Daikenchuto (TJ-100, DKT)…
The perusal of literatures revealed that simultaneous malignant transformation of predisposing ovarian endometrioid tumor and uterine adenomyosis is a rare occurrence. A case report of endometrioid carcinoma in the right ovary and malignant…