Arndt Hartmann

Several genetic variants have been validated as risk factors for endometriosis, endometrial and ovarian cancer. Endometriosis has also been described as a risk factor for endometrial and ovarian cancer. The aim of the present study was to t…

Background: No screening programs are available for ovarian or endometrial cancer. One reason for this is the low incidence of the conditions, resulting in low positive predictive values for tests, which are not very specific. One way of ad…

CONTEXT: In the last two decades, a color based concept of disease activity in peritoneal endometriosis has been in use in the clinical context, with red lesions being considered active and black or white lesions being interpreted as less a…

Background: There is no screening program for ovarian or endometrial cancer. One way to address the problem could be the utilization of risk factors to define sub-populations with a higher incidence. Recently, there were hints that endometr…

INTRODUCTION: Although care in certified breast centers is now established throughout Germany, numerous services are still not being reimbursed. This also affects other centers involved in the specialty of gynecology such as gynecological c…

OBJECTIVE: An incidental finding of atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) in women who have undergone laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) is a rare phenomenon, and it is unclear whether laparoscopic extirpation of the cervical s…

Objective: The etiology of endometriosis is still a research field in which few consistent data are available. Large case–control studies or even cohort studies are rare, and most of the published data are conflicting. The aim of the presen…