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Green tea, long consumed across Southeast Asia, is highly esteemed for its medicinal properties and is often favored over conventional treatments in Eastern cultures. Its health benefits are largely attributed to its minimal processing, whi…

Iatrogenic urinary tract injury is a known complication of pelvic surgery, most commonly occurring during gynecological procedures. The bladder and ureters are particularly vulnerable due to their close anatomical proximity to the uterus. U…

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains the most lethal gynecological malignancy worldwide, primarily due to late-stage diagnosis, limited early screening tools, and the aggressive nature of the disease. Increasing global efforts have been …

Background: Serum biomarkers such as Carcinoma Antigen 125 (CA125) and Human Epididymis Protein 4 (HE4) are widely used in the diagnosis and prognosis of gynecological malignancies. Serum biomarkers such as CA125 and HE4 represent essential…

Growing evidence has demonstrated the role of mutations of tumor biomarkers in diagnosing and treating epithelial ovarian cancer. This review aims to analyze recent literature on the correlation between tumor biomarkers and chemotherapy in …

Management options for ovarian endometriomas include expectant management, medical treatment, surgical treatment, in vitro fertilization (IVF), or a combination of the above. The choice of management depends on many clinical parameters that…

The objective of this study is to determine whether dienogest therapy after endometriosis surgery reduces the risk of recurrence compared with placebo or alternative treatments (GnRH agonist, other progestins, and estro-progestins). The des…

This systematic review identifies, evaluates, and summarises the findings of all relevant individual studies on the prevalence of BRCA mutation (BRCAm) in endometrial cancer patients and the incidence of endometrial cancer in BRCAm women pa…

Hysterectomy is one of the most common non-obstetric gynecological surgical procedures carried out in Western countries [...].

High- and low-risk endometrial carcinoma (EC) differ in whether or not a lymphadenectomy is performed. We aimed to develop MRI-based radio-genomic models able to preoperatively assess lymph-vascular space invasion (LVSI) and discriminate be…

ObjectiveTo investigate current evidence on oncological, fertility and obstetric outcomes of patients with stage I cervical cancer of 4 cm or larger undergoing fertility-sparing surgery (FSS).MethodsSystematic review of studies including wo…

Even though 80% of patients with High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer respond to standard first-line chemotherapy, a majority of them could relapse in the following five years due to a resistance to platinum. Human Epididymis protein 4 (HE4) is…

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of medical treatment of ovarian endometriomas on cyst diameter, associated pain, and ovarian reserve as measured with antral follicle count (AFC) and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH). In t…

ObjectiveTo evaluate if the presence of endometriomas impacts on the ovarian reserve as evaluated with antimüllerian hormone (AMH).DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)Patients with unoperated endometrio…

It has been brought to our attention that the names ChiaraDi Tucci andMara Di Feliciantonio were indexed incorrectly in the above article in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, Volume 35, Number 1, 2017 (DOI 10.1055/s-0036-1597126). The auth…

(Abstracted from Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016;214:203–211) Up to 44% of patients with endometriosis have endometriomas that are usually associated with pelvic pain and infertility. The first-line option for endometriosis-associated pain symptom…

Ovarian endometriomas affect 17 to 44% of women with endometriosis, and are often associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Treatment options include expectant management, medical and/or surgical treatment, and in vitro fertilization and…

In the lack of evidence consistently supporting the use of continuous vs cyclic oral contraceptives after surgery for endometriosis, we conducted a systematic review and metaanalysis with the objective of comparing a continuous vs a cyclic …