Elizabeth A. Stewart

Magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an FDA-approved treatment option for women with uterine fibroids. We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of MRgFUS vs. alternative treatment options from an ultrasound persp…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the risk of uterine leiomyomata (UL). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Participants from the Black Women's Health Study, an ongoing prospective c…

This chapter demonstrates that new interventional techniques have been introduced over recent years in order to find an adequate non-invasive therapy for adenomyosis. There is no evidence-based medicine to guide us in the treatment of adeno…

PURPOSE: To retrospectively evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-based thermometry and thermal dosimetry during focused ultrasound treatments of uterine leiomyomas (ie, fibroids). MATERIALS AND METHODS: All patients gave written inform…

BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain arises when there is damage to or dysfunction of the nervous system. Diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia and phantom limb pain are common types of neuropathic pain. It is not commonly recognized in gynec…

OBJECTIVE: Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has been related to macrophage recruitment and activation and has been identified in the human endometrium. We determined whether adenomyosis expresses GM-CSF, and if pres…

OBJECTIVES: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is an angiogenic growth factor present in human endometrium and myometrium. Women with leiomyoma-related abnormal uterine bleeding have local dysregulation of bFGF and its type 1 receptor (F…

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that prolactin (PRL) acts as a mitogenic growth factor for human leiomyoma and myometrial cells. METHODS: To test this hypothesis, we performed three different types of experiments. First, we assessed whet…