Myong Cheol Lim

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of pathological findings and clinical outcomes of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in asymptomatic carriers with germline homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene pathogenic/likely pathogen…

PurposeAs the onset of cancer recurrence is not explicitly recorded in the electronic health record (EHR), a high volume of manual chart review is required to detect the cancer recurrence. This study aims to develop an automatic rule-based …

We aim to analyze the surgical outcomes and learning curve of single-site robot-assisted hysterectomy. This was a retrospective cohort study from a single academic medical center. A total of 123 patients who underwent single-site robotic su…

Objective To investigate the surgical effort of endometriosis the in the surgical management of early ovarian cancer. Design: A retrospective study Setting National Cancer Center Population All women who underwent cytoreductive surgery betw…

The Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology International Workshop 2018 on gynecologic oncology was held in the Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea on the 24th to 25th August 2018. The workshop was an opportunity for Asian doctors to discu…

ObjectiveTo investigate trends in the incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), according to histologic subtypes, in Korean women between 1999 and 2012.MethodsData from the Korea Central Cancer Registry recorded between 1999 and 2012 we…

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the survival impact of intraoperative tumor rupture in women with stage I clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary. METHODS: A total of 193 patients with stage I CCC of the ovary who had undergone a complete stagin…

BACKGROUND: Endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer (EEOC) is frequently diagnosed in conjunction with endometriosis and is suggested to arise during the process of endometriosis. This study evaluates the clinical manifestations, including e…

Endometriosis frequently involves the intestines. Appendectomy would be often required as part of complete removal of endometriosis. We present a patient with endometriosis who required very difficult appendectomy. For complete removal of e…

OBJECTIVES: The symptoms associated with ovarian cancer are vague. Endometriosis, which causes dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia, is frequently detected along with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). We have therefore evaluated the clinical man…

Primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma developed at urethrovaginal septum has not been reported. A 61-yr-old woman presented with recurrent urinary tract infection. She had received hormone replacement treatment with estrogen and progesterone …