Laparoscopic approaches to gynecological surgery have been developed by an elite group of highly skilled surgeons. As these procedures become more prevalent in the general gynecological approach to disease and the general gynecologist's approach to treatment, the complication rate for these procedures is likely to increase. In an effort to assist in avoiding these complications, guidelines for ...

Hospital Recognition for general Ob/Gyn training programmes was started by EBCOG (European Board & College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology) in 1996 and for subspecialty Ob/Gyn training programmes in 2005, the latter jointly with the four European scientific organisations representing the subspecialties. So far, 85 Audits/Visits have been -conducted by EBCOG for general Ob/Gyn training and a good st...

Fig. 1. Number of applications received versus awards offered by the Foundation for Women's Cancer between 1995 and 2007. The last four decades have witnessed remarkable advances in gynecologic cancer care and research. The year 2011 is an important year in gynecologic oncology since it marks the 20th anniversary of the Foundation for Women's Cancer (previously known as Gynecologic Cancer Found...

Abstract Gynecologic oncology is considered a new field, but its roots are buried deep in the past. As with other tumors, earliest progress modern times started anesthesia and surgery. This was followed by landmark achievements pathology, cytology, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, tumor virology, generation of high-quality evidence, and, more recently, genetics genomics. Some most notable progresses...

BACKGROUND Continuing symptoms and poor health following cancer treatments may alter meaning in life for cancer survivors. Gynecologic cancer survivors are particularly troubled with physical sequelae. In addition, for the most common sites of disease, such as breast and gynecologic cancers, the prevalence of depression is also high. PURPOSE This study tests meaning in life as a mechanism for...