Immunophenotype of Atypical Polypoid Adenomyoma of the Uterus: Diagnostic Value and Insight on Pathogenesis [PDF]
, 2020 Atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APA) is a rare uterine lesion constituted by atypical endometrioid glands, squamous morules, and myofibromatous stroma. We aimed to assess the immunophenotype of the 3 components of APA, with regard to its pathogenesis and ...
Aggarwal +46 more
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Association of endometrioid ovarian carcinoma arising from endometriosis, endometrioid endometrial carcinoma, and high-grade undifferentiated endometrial sarcoma. a case report [PDF]
, 2017 Endometriosis is a chronic disease that affects women of reproductive age. Malignant transformation in endometriosis is considered to be an unusual event, only occurring in 0.7-0.1% of cases.
Caserta, D. +3 more
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Unique Molecular Features in High-Risk Histology Endometrial Cancers [PDF]
, 2019 Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the United States and the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide. Fortunately, most women who develop endometrial cancer have low-grade early-stage endometrioid carcinomas, and simple ...
Collins, Kaitlyn +4 more
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Metformin as a Therapeutic Target in Endometrial Cancers. [PDF]
, 2018 Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in developed countries. Its increasing incidence is thought to be related in part to the rise of metabolic syndrome, which has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of ...
Johnson, Jennifer +6 more
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Clinicoprognostical features of endometrial cancer patients with somatic mtDNA mutations [PDF]
, 2014 Somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been found in a subset of endometrial cancers (EC) from different populations. We have investigated the relationship between mtDNA changes and clinical and pathological variables of women affected by ...
Bartnik, Ewa +6 more
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The complementary role of imaging and tumor biomarkers in gynecological cancers: an update of the literature [PDF]
, 2018 Gynecological tumors, including endometrial, cervical and ovarian cancer, have increased in incidence over time. The widespread introduction of screening programs and advances in diagnostic imaging methods has lead to a progressive increase in ...
Anastasi, E +4 more
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Glucocorticoid receptor expression in 20 solid tumor types using immunohistochemistry assay. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundGlucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity plays a role in many aspects of human physiology and may play a crucial role in chemotherapy resistance in a wide variety of solid tumors.
Block, Thaddeus S +4 more
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Systematic assessment of HER2/neu in gynecologic neoplasms, an institutional experience. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundHER2/neu overexpression and/or amplification has been widely studied in a number of solid tumors, primarily in the breast. In gynecologic neoplasms, determination of HER2/neu status has not been well studied as a predictive biomarker in anti ...
Apple, Sophia K +5 more
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Cytoreduction and HIPEC in the treatment of "unconventional" secondary peritoneal carcinomatosis [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is considered a terminal and incurable disease. In the last 30 years, cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) radically changed the therapeutic approach for these patients ...
Accarpio, Fabio +8 more
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Targeting RTK signaling pathways in cancer [PDF]
, 2015 The RAS/MAP kinase and the RAS/PI3K/AKT pathways play a key role in the regulation of proliferation, differentiation and survival. The induction of these pathways depends on Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) that are activated upon ligand binding.
Regad, T
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