BACKGROUND This retrospective chart review investigated differences in the prevalence of medical comorbidity between women with fibromyalgia (FM) (n=219) and a control group women with chronic pain (CP) without FM (n=116). The specific aims were to compare the prevalence of autoimmune, psychiatric, endocrine, gynecologic pathology, the relationship between timing of gynecologic surgery, and pai...

INTRODUCTION Women with ovarian cancer typically experience symptoms before diagnosis; such symptoms for other gynecologic cancers have not been systematically studied. We investigated which symptoms of gynecologic cancers prompt intention to seek care among women and whether demographic differences in intention exist. This study was undertaken, in part, to inform development of the Centers for...

in Seoul, October 22, 2002 during 9th International Gynecologic Cancer Society meeting, Gynecologic Cancer Joint Meetings have been held alternatively in Korea and Japan every year until 8th meeting in Tokyo in 2009. From the 9th meeting of this year on, Gynecologic Cancer Joint Meetings between Japan and Korea are supposed to be held every other year at the same period of time as biennial meet...

abstract: background and objectives :  professional ethics is part of midwifery skills that cannot be separated from it .midwives must get acquainted with this skill and ethical laws, avoiding at the same time unethical manners. materials and methods : this study was cross-sectional survey which examined knowledge and attitude of 101 midwives that had been selected by convenient sampling proced...

Ovarian carcinoma is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancy in the US. Factors such as the molecular heterogeneity of ovarian tumors and frequent diagnosis at advanced stages hamper effective disease treatment. There is growing emphasis on the identification and development of targeted therapies to disrupt molecular pathways in cancer. The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor ...

Purkinje cell cytoplasmic antibody type 1 (PCA-1), or anti-Yo, is the most frequently detected autoantibody in paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD). The vast majority of cases of anti-Yo PCD, however, occur in females over 60 years old and are associated with gynecologic tumors. Only 10 cases have been reported in males, and only 2 were associated with cancer of the lung. Here we descri...

Accessory ovary is a rare gynecologic condition, and tumors arising in accessory ovaries are extremely rare. Accessory ovary may result from separation of migrating ovaries during embryogenesis and injuries such as inflammation and operation on normal ovary. Congenital malformations, most frequently malformations of the genitourinary organ, are seen in connection with the accessory ovary. We ex...

INTRODUCTION Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the gynecologic neoplasia with the highest death rate, partly because of limited understanding of its patho-physiology mechanisms. Early diagnosis of EOC is critically important in disease prognosis and patient survival. Non-invasive detection of response to treatment and relapse are crucial to improve patient management. Detection by MRS of abnor...

Most of superior vena cava syndrome are caused by malignant tumors involving the mediastinum (usually lung cancer or lymphoma). However, iatrogenic cause has become more important since it has become common to utilize long-term central venous catheters for chemotherapy or hyperalimentation therapy. Although the cancer patients are also at relatively high risk, there are only few case reports of...