PURPOSE: Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) exert opposing effects on systemic sex hormone exposure. Although HRT is frequently prescribed following BSO to mitigate surgical menopause, their combined…
IntroductionMeningiomas are associated with several gonadal steroid hormone-related risk factors and demonstrate a predominance in females. These associations led to investigations of the role that hormones may have on meningioma growth and…
IntroductionPatterns of failure in patients with olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) according to two surgical approaches, craniofacial resection (CFR) and endoscopic surgery (ENDO), have yet to be analyzed.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 28 p…
Gender-specific incidence patterns and the presence of hormonal receptors on tumor cells suggest that sex hormones may play a role in the onset of primary brain tumors. However, epidemiological studies on the relation of hormonal risk facto…
The workshop 'Research Needs for Neutron Capture Therapy', held in Williamsburg, VA, May 9-12. 1995 addressed key issues and questions related to optimization of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), in general, and to the possibility of su…
Brain metastasis from ovarian carcinoma is a relatively rare phenomenon. At NYU Medical Center five patients were treated for this entity from 1982 to 1985. The stage at presentation ranged from stage I to stage III, and all patients had re…