Robert M Wenham

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2004-2018

Study types

  • other 2
  • article 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
review 2018
Surgical prevention strategies in ovarian cancer
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.08.005

Given the current lack of effective screening for ovarian cancer, surgical removal of at-risk tissue is the most successful strategy to decrease risk of cancer development. However, the optimal timing of surgery and tissues to remove, as we…

other 2015
BAD-mediated apoptotic pathway is associated with human cancer development
International journal of molecular medicine ·doi:10.3892/ijmm.2015.2091

The malignant transformation of normal cells is caused in part by aberrant gene expression disrupting the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, senescence and DNA repair. Evidence suggests that the Bcl-2 antagonist of cell death (BAD…

article 2015
Quality of life and its correlates after pelvic exenteration for gynecologic cancer.
·doi:10.1200/jco.2015.33.29_suppl.93

93 Background: Pelvic exenteration (PE) has been performed historically in women with gynecologic cancer for palliation of recurrent disease. With advances in operative methods, PE in the well-selected patient can produce 5-year survival ra…

other 2004
Progesterone receptor promoter +331A polymorphism is associated with a reduced risk of endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancers
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.2141.13.12

OBJECTIVE: The progestagenic milieu of pregnancy and oral contraceptive use is protective against epithelial ovarian cancer. A functional single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the progesterone receptor (+331A) alters the relativ…