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Limited surgery for early ovarian ca yields success. (Fertility Spared).
LOS ANGELES - Conservative surgery for borderline ovarian tumors resulted in 100% survival without any recurrences and preserved fertility in some cases in a retrospective study of 25 patients.
Borderline ovarian tumors account for 10%-15% of ovarian cancers, and they lack frank stromal invasion and behave in a relatively indolent fashion. The standard of care for these tumors has been hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy, but because borderline tumors more commonly affect women of reproductive age, some physicians recommend conservative surgery to preserve fertility.
The study participants were 10 women with stage IA ovarian cancer, 3 with stage IC disease, 1 with stage IIIA disease and 11 with unstaged disease. All were still alive a median of 6 years and 3 months after conservative surgery, which consisted of unilateral adnexectomy in 19 patients, unilateral adnexectomy with a contralateral cystectomy in 5, and unilateral cystectomy in 1 patient, Dr. John ...
- Ovarian Cancer - Risk factors and survival.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh November 7, 2008 700+ words
...field of gynecology, ovarian cancer stands statistically...comprises of three distinct cell types: germ cells, stromal...cells. Each of these cell types can potentially result...The various types of ovarian cancer is classified as...
- Microsatellite instability and mutational analysis of transforming growth...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Pathology Alvi, A J Rader, J S Broggini, M Latif, F Maher, E R August 1, 2001 700+ words
...inactivation in sporadic ovarian cancer. However, estimates...of MSI in sporadic ovarian cancer have been very variable...mononucleotide only MSI ovarian cancer occurs. Frameshift...the growth of many cell types. [16] TGF-[beta...
- Special Feature: On the Origin of Ovarian Cancer ... Is It the Ovary?
- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert March 1, 2009 700+ words
...Feature On the Origin of Ovarian Cancer … Is...spectrum that makes up "ovarian" cancer in the ovary consists...development of these cell types comes from the metaplastic...on the origins of "ovarian" cancer has resurfaced, and...
- MGI PHARMA Announces Interim Phase 2 Results For Ovarian Cancer Patients...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 2000 700+ words
...results for irofulven in ovarian cancer patients. Irofulven...100 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed...from the disease. Ovarian cancer represents a disease...in different tumor cell types. Additional preclinical...
- Pilot study could lead to blood test for detecting ovarian cancer. (May Help...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Boschert, Sherry July 1, 2002 700+ words
...helpful in diagnosing ovarian cancer and staging endometrial...fragments. Several cell types, including non...had stage III or IV ovarian cancer but were undetectable...matched by age to the ovarian cancer patients, Dr. Karen...
- Ovarian cancer, a silent killer for Indonesian women: Study.
- Newspaper article from: Jakarta Post August 9, 2000 700+ words
...may be at a high risk of developing ovarian cancer. Dr. Sjahrul Sjamsuddin, a gynecologist...said the doctor during a seminar on ovarian cancer. Only a very few realize that the...talcum powder and the development of ovarian cancer in women," he said. The doctor explained...
- Ovarian cancer strikes one in 68 women: Now experts agree on a set of symptoms...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) August 2, 2007 700+ words
...estimated 15,000 Americans die of ovarian cancer, where malignant cells are found in...organs, the ovaries. For a long time, ovarian cancer was called the "silent killer" because...poor. Almost 70 percent of women with ovarian cancer are not diagnosed until the disease...
- Ovarian cancer genomic tests not reducing deaths.
- Magazine article from: Diagnostic Update October 19, 2006 700+ words
Ovarian cancer genomic tests not reducing deaths...to diagnose and guide treatment of ovarian cancer are not shown to decrease the number...125 or BRCA1 and BRCA2 to diagnose ovarian cancer or identify women at risk. Among...
- Ovarian cancer.(Disease/Disorder overview)
- CareNotes August 1, 2006 700+ words
GENERAL INFORMATION: What is ovarian cancer? * Ovarian cancer is a tumor (lump) in one or both ovaries. Normally...in helping the body work correctly. What causes ovarian cancer? There is no known cause of ovarian cancer. The...
- Ovarian Cancer Does Have Early Warning Signs; Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical...
- News wire article from: AScribe Health News Service November 18, 2004 700+ words
...symptoms recorded in the medical records of ovarian cancer patients suggest ovarian cancer, long considered asymptomatic until late...urinary incontinence and abdominal pain. "Ovarian cancer is called 'the silent killer,'" says...
Source: HighBeam Research, Limited surgery for early ovarian ca yields success. (Fertility...