Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors (POCT) are well‐differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms and account for <0.1% of ovarian tumors. POCT usually arise in the context of mature cystic teratoma; however, pure primary ovarian carcinoids without teratomatous or mucinous elements are very rare.
Demetrio Larraín +4 more
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Treatment of menopausal symptoms by an extract from the roots of rhapontic rhubarb: the role of estrogen receptors [PDF]
, 2010 A dry extract from the roots of rhapontic rhubarb (extract Rheum rhaponticum (L.); ERr) has been commercially available in Germany for over two decades to treat menopausal symptoms.
Gunter Vollmer +2 more
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Inflammation is a key contributor to ovarian cancer cell seeding. [PDF]
, 2018 The incidence of ovarian cancer dramatically increases in early menopause but the factors contributing to cancer onset are unclear. Most ovarian cancers originate in the fallopian tube with subsequent implantation of malignant cells into the ovary ...
Jia, Dongyu +3 more
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Targeted deep sequencing of mucinous ovarian tumors reveals multiple overlapping RAS-pathway activating mutations in borderline and cancerous neoplasms [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Mucinous ovarian tumors represent a distinct histotype of epithelial ovarian cancer. The rarest (2-4 % of ovarian carcinomas) of the five major histotypes, their genomic landscape remains poorly described.
Anglesio, Michael S. +17 more
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Ultrasound diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy [PDF]
, 2016 Ectopic pregnancy is defined as the presence of a gestational sac outside the uterine cavity and has a prevalence of approximately 2%. Ninety-five percent of ectopic pregnancies occur in the non-interstitial portion of the fallopian tube (infundibulum ...
Vassallo, Pierre
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Early pregnancy sex steroids and maternal risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. [PDF]
, 2014 Well-established associations between reproductive characteristics and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) support an involvement of sex steroid hormones in the etiology of EOC.
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Mesenteric extraovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor without DICER1 hotspot mutation: a case report
Diagnostic Pathology, 2019 Background Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors (SLCTs) with androgenic manifestations harbor DICER1 mutations in 30–60% of cases. Ovarian SLCTs without DICER1 hotspot mutations have been reported to exhibit elderly onset and no androgenic manifestations ...
Mitsumasa Osakabe +9 more
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Prevalence of deleterious germline variants in risk genes including BRCA1/2 in consecutive ovarian cancer patients (AGO-TR-1) [PDF]
, 2017 Background Identification of families at risk for ovarian cancer offers the opportunity to consider prophylactic surgery thus reducing ovarian cancer mortality.
Harter, Philipp +7 more
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Rhipicephalus microplus serine protease inhibitor family: annotation, expression and functional characterisation assessment [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus evades the host's haemostatic system through a complex protein array secreted into tick saliva. Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) conform an important component of saliva which are represented by a large
Kurscheid, Sebastian +3 more
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A Case of Large Extraovarian Endometriotic Cyst in Pelvis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer
Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2006 Endometriosis is defined as an ectopic implantation of uterine mucosal tissue outside the uterine cavity, usually in the pelvis. The areas of the pelvis most frequently affected are the peritoneum, the ovaries, the poch of douglas and the uterosacral ...
Filiz Çayan +4 more
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