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OB/GYN General

Distress Trajectories in Black and White Breast Cancer Survivors: From Diagnosis to Survivorship.

Jun 07, 2021

Black breast cancer survivors have greater morbidity and mortality than White survivors. However, evidence comparing Black survivors' psychological symptoms with their White counterparts has been mixe...

Prognostic value of the 6-gene OncoMasTR test in hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer: Comparative analysis with standard clinicopathological factors.

Jun 07, 2021

The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic performance of a 6-gene molecular score (OncoMasTR Molecular Score [OMm]) and a composite risk score (OncoMasTR Risk Score [OM]) and to conduct a with...

Genital Tract GAS Infection ISIDOG Guidelines.

Jun 07, 2021

There has been an increasing worldwide incidence of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease in pregnancy and in the puerperal period over the past 30 years. Postpartum Group A streptococci infect...

Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Identifying Opportunities for Prehabilitation

Jun 04, 2021

Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer most commonly present when their disease has reached an advanced stage. “While primary cytoreductive surgery is a treatment option for some patients, others...

Female sexuality before and after sacrocolpopexy or vaginal mesh: is vaginal length one of the key factors?

Jun 03, 2021

We aimed to demonstrate that laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy/cervicopexy (LSC-Cx) versus anterior vaginal mesh (AVM) results in a longer vaginal length without impacting sexual activity or function.We per...

Comprehensive reporting of pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence: CERT-PFMT.

Jun 03, 2021

To produce a pelvic floor muscle training variation of the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT-PFMT). Qualitative methods were used to explore the perspectives of physiotherapists who have...

The level of depression, anxiety, and sleep quality in pregnancy during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Jun 03, 2021

We aimed to evaluate the mental health and sleep quality of pregnant women in different trimesters during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and investigate the effect of quarantine and new ...

Live birth rate with double ovarian stimulation is superior to follicular phase ovarian stimulation per started cycle in poor ovarian responders.

Jun 03, 2021

To compare the outcome of double ovarian stimulation (DOS) with follicular phase ovarian stimulation (FPS) per started cycle in poor ovarian responders (PORs).A total of 204 PORs who underwent ovulati...

Anxiety and depression during pregnancy in the era of COVID-19.

Jun 03, 2021

This study aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression in pregnant women during this global disease.This was a cross-sectional study recruiting 120 pregnant women. The study was conducted at the outpatie...

Molecular characteristics and tumorigenicity of ascites-derived tumor cells: mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation as a novel therapy target in ovarian cancer.

Jun 03, 2021

Ovarian cancer (OvCa) disseminates primarily intraperitoneally. Detached tumor cell aggregates (spheroids) from the primary tumor are regarded as "metastatic units" that exhibit a low sensitivity to c...

Amphiregulin increases migration and proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by inducing its own expression via PI3-kinase signaling.

Jun 03, 2021

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in many types of cancer, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), and its expression has been found to correlate with advanced stage and ...

The correlation of estrogen receptor 1 and progesterone receptor genes polymorphisms with recurrent pregnancy loss in a cohort of Egyptian women.

Jun 03, 2021

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) represents one of the pregnancy complications affecting 1-3% of women. Sex hormones, progesterone and estrogen play a critical role in the maintenance of pregnancy; they...

Sperm DNA fragmentation and male age: results of in vitro fertilization treatments.

Jun 03, 2021

This study aimed to assess the effects of sperm DNA fragmentation in parents belonging to different age groups. The couples included in the study comprised normozoospermic men and infertile women unde...

HER2 receptor conversion is a strong survival predictor in patients with breast cancer brain metastases.

Jun 03, 2021

Hormone and HER2/neu receptor status is prognostic and predictive in breast cancer (BC) and guides the choice of therapy. Due to receptor conversion, receptor conversion may differ in metastases compa...

European trends in breast cancer mortality, 1980-2017 and predictions to 2025.

Jun 03, 2021

Breast cancer mortality in European women has been falling for three decades. We analysed trends in mortality from breast cancer in Europe over the period 1980-2017 and predicted number of deaths and ...

Receipt of guideline-concordant care among young adult women with breast cancer.

Jun 03, 2021

Little is known about the real-world care of young adult (YA) females (aged 20-39 years) with breast cancer. This study describes factors associated with the receipt of guideline-concordant care (GCC...

Innovating patient care and gynecologic surgery instruction through tele-education.

Jun 03, 2021

Effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic prompted the need for rapid, flexible change in the delivery of care, education, and commitment to the well-being of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN)...

Sex- and age differences in lower urinary tract dysfunction in healthy children.

May 31, 2021

Information about healthy children's urinary tract symptoms is scarce but would be helpful in children with congenital urinary tract conditions. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a Low...

Randomized controlled trial of home biofeedback therapy versus office biofeedback therapy for fecal incontinence.

May 31, 2021

Biofeedback therapy is useful for treatment of fecal incontinence (FI), but is not widely available and labor intensive. We investigated if home biofeedback therapy (HBT) is non-inferior to office bio...

Long-term sequelae of congenital gambiense human African trypanosomiasis.

May 31, 2021

The clinical presentation of gambiense human African trypanosomias (gHAT) is generally considered to be the same among children and adults. In general, when describing the clinical presentation of chi...

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