Eva Chalas

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate impact of aging on extent of surgical procedure in advanced gynecologic cancers. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program targeted gynecologic data was conducted to a…

Dr. Chalas is from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical School, Stony Brook,…

BACKGROUND: Extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare neoplasm. Little is known about its pathophysiology or best treatment approach. CASE: We are describing a case of extrauterine ESS in a 70-year-old woman on hormone repla…

ObjectiveThis study was undertaken to report on the benign gynecologic conditions occurring among women with an intact uterus at enrollment in the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.Stu…

Nucleolar Organizer Regions (NORs) code for ribosomal RNA and are thought to be an accurate representation of the percentage of cells in S-phase. NORs are associated with nonhistone nucleoproteins, which can be stained with silver (AgNORs).…

Malignant transformation is a rare but recognized complication of gonadal and extragonadal endometriosis. Morphologic documentation of the continuous transition from benign endometrioid epithelium through epithelial atypia to invasive carci…

CHUMAS, JOHN C.; NELSON, BETH; MANN, WILLIAM J.; CHALAS, EVA; KAPLAN, CYNTHIA G. Author Information

While endometriosis is a commonly encountered surgical problem, involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is infrequent and appendiceal involvement rate. Intussusception of the appendix is more frequent. Accordingly, the concurrence of appe…