Surgical oncology

article 2009

Endometriosis related to family history of malignancies in the Yale series

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2009.02.012 ·PMID:19299121

ObjectiveRecent studies reported that endometriosis could behave as a neoplasmatic process. The purpose of this study is to investigate the family risk of ovarian, colon and prostate cancer in women with endometriosis.Study designA search o…

article 2008

The familial risk of breast cancer in women with endometriosis from Yale series

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2008.01.002 ·PMID:18456491

ObjectiveFew studies examining the association of endometriosis with the risk of breast cancer. Our goal was to investigate the familial risk of breast cancer in women with endometriosis.DesignRetrospective study.SettingUniversity-based end…

article 2007

Intestinal obstruction secondary to endometriosis: A rare case of synchronous bowel localization

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2007.10.002 ·PMID:18032024

Although endometriosis is a common disease in women of childbearing age, intestinal endometriosis is unusual and may cause clinically significant complications. We report a 35-year-old woman with endometriosis involving the ileocaecal junct…

article 2007

Laparoscopic colorectal resections with transvaginal specimen extraction for severe endometriosis

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2007.10.003 ·PMID:18024017

IntroductionBowel resection is now considered the "gold standard" treatment for severe endometriosis infiltrating the bowel. Laparoscopic colorectal resection can be considered a safe option in order to reduce surgical trauma and complicati…