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OB/GYN General

Symptom clusters in 1330 survivors of 7 cancer types from the PROFILES registry: A network analysis.

Aug 16, 2021

Research into the clustering of symptoms may improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms that affect survivors' symptom burden. This study applied network analyses in a balanced sample of c...

Fear, worry and sadness: an exploratory study of psychological wellbeing in men caring for their partner with ovarian cancer.

Aug 16, 2021

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from female cancers in Australia with the majority of women presenting with advanced disease. The burden of caregiving is largely borne by male carers; how...

Who are the women who enrolled in the POSITIVE trial: A global study to support young hormone receptor positive breast cancer survivors desiring pregnancy.

Aug 16, 2021

Premenopausal women with early hormone-receptor positive (HR+) breast cancer receive 5-10 years of adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) during which pregnancy is contraindicated and fertility may wane. The...

A preliminary study on the association of tamoxifen, endoxifen, and 4-hydroxytamoxifen with blood lipids in patients with breast cancer.

Aug 16, 2021

The long-term treatment with tamoxifen can alter the lipid profile of patients with breast cancer. Only a few studies associated the plasma concentrations of tamoxifen, endoxifen, and 4-hydroxytamoxif...

Influence of age and lymphedema on the postural balance of women undergoing breast cancer treatment.

Aug 16, 2021

Breast cancer affects women of different ages, and comorbidities resulting from treatment can affect postural stability. The study aimed to evaluate the influence of age and lymphedema on the postural...

Longitudinal Changes in Adiposity and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Older Men.

Aug 12, 2021

Adiposity increases risk for male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), although longitudinal studies have produced conflicting results. No prior studies have evaluated longitudinal associations of cha...

Is it the Surgeon? A Re-Examination of Mid-Urethral Sling Complications.

Aug 12, 2021

To identify potential technical factors during initial mid-urethral sling (MUS) placement that contribute to subsequent sling revision procedures.A retrospective chart review was performed examining s...

What is the effectiveness of the Tzanakis scoring system modified by the Delta Neutrophil Index in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnant women?

Aug 12, 2021

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that is unrelated to pregnancy in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Alvarado, Ohmann, and Tzana...

Clinical factors associated with a placenta accreta spectrum.

Aug 12, 2021

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a life-threating obstetric complication, and prenatal prediction of PAS can decrease maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this prospective cohort study was t...

A new pipeline for clinico-pathological and molecular placental research utilizing FFPE tissues.

Aug 12, 2021

The placenta is at the core of many pregnancy pathologies, but we have limited knowledge about placental function because of two key research barriers: 1) lack of guidelines for sample collection and ...

Preeclampsia and cancer risk in women in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

Aug 12, 2021

Results of this work may provide some guidance for subsequent ovarian cancer screening in women with preeclampsia and provide new directions for future studies.This study investigated the difference i...

Dysfunctional activity of classical DNA end-joining renders acquired resistance to carboplatin in human ovarian cancer cells.

Aug 12, 2021

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological malignancy worldwide. Although chemotherapy is required as the most standard treatment strategy for ovarian cancer, the survival rates are very low, large...

Sexual dysfunction in Thai gynecologic malignancies survivors: A single-institutional cross-sectional observational survey.

Aug 12, 2021

To examine the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in gynecologic cancer survivors.A cross-sectional observation survey recruited women aged 18-65 years old who were diagnosed with gynecol...

Dulaglutide, a long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist, can improve hyperandrogenemia and ovarian function in DHEA-induced PCOS rats.

Aug 12, 2021

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of dulaglutide on DHEA induced PCOS rats and its mechanism, to provide new drugs and research directions for clinical treatment of PCOS.In this stud...

ATXN7L3B promotes hepatocellular carcinoma stemness and is downregulated by metformin.

Aug 12, 2021

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the major cause of liver cancer-associated morality. Metformin, used for treating type 2 diabetes, has antitumor activity and reduces the risk of some diabetes-relate...

Studying the pathological and biochemical features in breast cancer progression by confocal Raman microspectral imaging of excised tissue samples.

Aug 12, 2021

Confocal Raman microspectral imaging (CRMI) has been used to detect the spectra-pathological features of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular hyperplasia (LH) compared with the heathy (H) breas...

Prolactin enhances T regulatory cell promotion of breast cancer through the long form prolactin receptor.

Aug 12, 2021

Previous work has shown systemic knockdown of the long form prolactin receptor (LFPRLR) in vivo markedly reduced metastasis in mouse models of breast cancer, but whether this translated to prolonged s...

Short term catheter management options for urinary retention following pelvic surgery: a cost analysis.

Aug 09, 2021

Several studies have compared short term catheterization approaches and have demonstrated no difference in patient satisfaction, but none have evaluated their costs.To evaluate the costs of three path...

Which symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction does physiotherapy improve after an OASI?

Aug 09, 2021

Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) is associated with significant morbidity in the form of pelvic floor dysfunction, both in the immediate period of healing and long term. The aim of this study wa...

Sarcopenia is associated with incontinence and recovery of independence in urination and defecation in post-acute rehabilitation patients.

Aug 09, 2021

The aim of this study was to examine the association between sarcopenia and recovery of independence in urination and defecation in patients undergoing convalescent rehabilitation.This single-center, ...

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