OBJECTIVES To review the responses of advance directives signed by Jehovah's Witness patients prior to undergoing surgery at a gynecologic oncology service. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review of gynecologic oncology patients undergoing surgery at a bloodless surgery center from 1998-2007 was conducted. Demographic, pathologic, and clinical data were recorded. The proportion of patients...

pleuropulmonary blastoma (ppb) is a rare, malignant intrathoracic tumor that occurs mostly in children before 5 years old. it consists about 15% of all primary pediatric pulmonary tumors and shows various mesenchymal components. its presentations are nonspecific and common symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, respiratory distress, and pulmonary infection. ppb should be considered in the d...

using complement fixation technique, serial serum samples from 15 patients undergoing surgical removal of malignant tumors were assayed for the presence of tumors antibodies against the cellular fractions of both normal and carcinomatous tissue. antibody responses against tumor associated antigens were detected in four cases. in all cases antibody activity was directed only against the supernat...

Background: Ovarian cancer is third gynecologic after uterine and cervical . It heterogeneous disease with different in clinical features outcome. a group of many subtypes variation biological that lead to differences response treatments, survival recurrence rates. Aim: This study aims detect the frequency histological types primary malignant ovarian tumors find it's clinicopathological correla...

To the editor: Hereditary portion and genetic status are very important to work out strategies for cancer prevention and early detection in gynecologic cancers. Familial history of related cancers within the second degree relatives are approximately 10% and 20% in endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer, respectively [1,2]. The proportion of genetic background and germline mutation in Korean wome...

Gynecologic malignancies annually account for over 91,000 new cancer cases and approximately 28,000 deaths in the United States. Although there have been advancements in cytotoxic chemotherapies, there has not been significant improvement in overall survival in these patients. While targeted therapies have shown some benefit in many solid tumors, further development of these agents is needed fo...

background and aims. head and neck tumors are the most common complaints of people referring to different medical sections, especially in children. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of these tumors in children less than 12 years of age to provide a better perspective for future studies. materials and methods. all the files in department of pathology at tabriz pediatric hospit...

background: understanding the differences in genetics of malignancies is crucial for therapeutic decisions. this systematic review was conducted to evaluate the current evidence on genetics of bone tumors in the context of pediatric cancer. material and methods: we performed a systematic review of the literature published on genetics of pediatrics bone tumors, using pubmed, google scholar, scie...

In their article, Taylor and Mutch bring attention to the gynecologic cancer risks associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).[1] The identification of individuals and families at risk for HNPCC has often focused on the colon cancer phenotype, but the diagnosis of endometrial or ovarian cancer should also be considered. Lu and colleagues conducted a study of 101 women wit...