PURPOSE: The preoperative diagnosis of endometriosis associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) remains challenging for lack of effective diagnostic biomarker. We aimed to study clinical characteristics and develop a nomogram for diagnosing EAOC befo…
PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of unexpected uterine malignancies in patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications and to evaluate their clinical characteristics. METHODS: We conducted a retro…
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) was studied with monoclonal antibody 2E9 on 50 ovarian tumors of various histological types and 10 non-tumorous ovarian tissues by immunohistochemistry. Enhanced expression was observed in 26/50 (52%…
It has been suggested that intracellular enzymatic deficiencies of neutrophils may represent another cancer risk factor. This concept is based on data indicating the cytotoxic effects of neutrophils on tumor cells. In 196 patients with vari…
The modern classification of ovarian tumors based on histogenetic principles is clinically important in the evaluation of prognosis and differential therapy. Ninety percent of malignant ovarian tumors belong to the category of "common carci…