Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer in the US and has the highest mortality rate of female reproductive cancers. Unique challenges exist for women with ovarian cancer and their partners including an intense and prolonged treatment course, and high rate of disease recurrence. ...
The patients in this group comprised the longitudinal arm of the study, with all patients having ovarian reserve tests performed before receiving chemotherapy. Cycle length is depicted first by menstruation length followed by cycle length in days. As per the study protocol, all patients in this ...
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed on the extracted DNA using a custom capture kit and classified based on the American College of Medical Genetics.A total of 94 patients suspected of having HBOC were examined for deleterious germline mutations. The median age of the patient was 46 ...
This is much more than a challenge, it’s a community coming together, uniting for a world where every woman will survive ovarian cancer. West Ham United women's team staff will also be wearing pin badges throughout March to show their support. You can view a gallery of images ...
Many young women with breast cancer are interested in having future biologic children and understanding their reproductive potential after treatment. Yet, at present, most research has used continued menses as an indicator of ovarian function, although menstruation is a poor surrogate for fertility, ...
If you are having monthly periods, schedule your mammogram for the first 2 weeks following your monthly period. Talk to your provider about family planning. Some types of treatment, such as chemotherapy, may affect your ability to have a baby. Your provider will talk with you about options ...
All patients after high-dose chemotherapy or older than 50 years had E2< 0.10 nmol l1and/or amenorrhoea > 1 year and did not develop ovarian cysts. Patients still having a menstrual cycle during tamoxifen had a high chance (81%) of developing ovarian cysts. Breast cancer patients receiving...
However despite having the strength to keep their still-healthy bodies intact, the participants benchmarked their decisions to say no against the dominant discourse on cancer risk, leaving them in an unending state of flux as to whether they had made the right decision. The participants shared a...
Significant predictors for partial or full adherence were having children (p=0.0221), younger daughters (p=0.01795), a higher awareness of the topic HBOC (p=0.01795, p<0.0001), a higher perceived breast cancer risk (p<0.0001), and worries (p=0.0008)/impairment (p=0.0257) by it. Although...
Conservative surgery is the standard treatment for ovarian endometrioma. However, the recurrence rate after conservative laparoscopic surgery is high3, having been reported to be 21.5% at 2 years post-surgical and 40–50% at 5 years post-surgical among all age groups4. Moreover, after second-li...