Hamanishi J

Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) is an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer that is resistant to conventional chemotherapy, resulting in poor prognosis. CCC develops from endometriosis, which exposes tumor cells to a hypoxic microenvironm…

A well-differentiated endometrioid carcinoma at the site of extra-uterine/ovarian endometriosis complicates the differentiation between an uncommon metastatic pattern from a corpus cancer and a synchronous primary tumor originating from adj…

Primary peritoneal cancer has characteristics similar to high-grade serous carcinomas of ovarian and fallopian tube origin. However, the relationship between endometriosis and primary peritoneal cancer is not well understood. This study foc…

Abstract Purpose Endometriosis is associated with various symptoms, but their severity varies widely from case to case. In this research we investigated the reality of symptoms presented by patients with clinically early-stage endometriosi…

Polypoid endometriosis (PE) is a rare distinctive variant of endometriosis with morphological features resembling malignant tumors. Although a surgical procedure is usually performed for the treatment and diagnosis of PE, fertility preserva…

Ovarian seromucinous carcinoma (SMC) is an uncommon neoplasia and is composed predominantly of serous and endocervical-type mucinous epithelium. Due to its low frequency and difficult diagnosis, the natural history, characteristic imaging f…

Gynecological malignances include cervical, uterine (sarcoma), ovarian, vaginal, and vulvar cancers are among the most common cancers in women. Advanced and recurrent cases of these malignancies have poor prognosis and hence new types of tr…

The construction of an accurate family pedigree is a fundamental component of a clinical genetic evaluation and of human genetic research. Previous surveys of genetic counselors and human genetic publications have demonstrated significant i…