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Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

paywalled: Gynecologic Oncology Impact of Complete Cytoreduction Leaving No Gross Residual Disease Associated with Radical Cytoreductive Surgical Procedures on Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

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Impact of Complete Cytoreduction Leaving No Gross Residual Disease Associated with Radical Cytoreductive Surgical Procedures on Surv...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

paywalled: Is there any association between retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and survival benefit in advanced stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients?

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Is there any association between retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and survival benefit in advanced stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma patient...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

abstract: Postoperative venous thromboembolism predicts survival in cancer patients

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Postoperative venous thromboembolism predicts survi... [Ann Surg. 2012] OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a postoperative venous thromboe...
Monday, April 09, 2012

abstract: Multidrug Resistance-Linked Gene Signature Predicts Overall Survival of Patients With Primary Ovarian Serous Carcinoma

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Multidrug Resistance-Linked Gene Signature Predicts Overall Survival of Patients With Primary Ovarian Serous Carcinoma Abstract Purpo...
Monday, March 26, 2012

newswise: Pox Vaccines Extend Survival for Patients with Melanoma, Ovarian Cancer in U.S., German Studies

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Pox Vaccines Extend Survival for Patients with Melanoma, Ovarian Cancer in U.S., German Studies Released: 3/26/2012 3:05 PM E...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

REPOST: open access: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Primary Surgery in Stage IIIC or IV Ovarian Cancer — NEJM (multi-national study)

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Primary Surgery in Stage IIIC or IV Ovarian Cancer — NEJM Original Article Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Pri...
Monday, March 19, 2012

abstract: Role of Definitive Radiation Therapy in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Abdomen and Pelvis

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Role of Definitive Radiation Therapy in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Abdomen and Pelvis  Objectives Carcinoma of unknown primary ...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Outcomes of surgical management of bowel obstruction in relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC)

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Outcomes of surgical management of bowel obstruction in relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) : Objective  To describe the outcomes of...
Saturday, February 04, 2012

abstract: Malignant ovarian germ-cell tumours

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Malignant ovarian germ-cell tumours account for about 5% of all ovarian malignancies and typically present in the teenage years. They ar...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

open access: paper/Editorial - Improvements in survival of gynaecological cancer in the Anglia region of England: are these an effect of centralisation of care and use of multidisciplinary management?

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Blogger's Note:  search blog for additional information on centralization of ovarian cancer surgery (eg. Norway...)  .....................
Saturday, January 28, 2012

abstract: Prognostic Value of Biomarkers Related to Drug Resistance in Patients with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

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Prognostic Value of Biomarkers Related to Drug Resistance in Patients with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer : Background/Aim: We aimed ...
Friday, January 27, 2012

abstract: Implementing an online tool for genome-wide validation of survival-associated biomarkers in ovarian-cancer using microarray data from 1287 patients.

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Abstract " The validation of prognostic biomarkers in large independent patient cohorts is a major bottleneck in ovarian cancer re...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Author Insights: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations Associated With Improved Ovarian Cancer Survival « news@JAMA

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"....The pooled analysis of 26 observational studies involving 3879 women with ovarian cancer found 52% of women with a BRCA2 mutatio...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

abstract: Significance of Perioperative Infection in Survival of Patients With Ovarian Cancer

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Objectives: Perioperative infectious diseases comprise some of the most common causes of surgical mortality in women with ovarian cancer. T...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

open access: Letter: Survival Is Not a Good Outcome for Randomized Trials With Effective Subsequent Therapies

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Link to Letter  REFERENCES (original article) ↵ ...
Monday, August 22, 2011

abstract : The effect of sleep disturbance on quality of life in women with ovarian cancer

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"PSQI was not correlated with age, time since diagnosis, number of previous chemotherapy regimens. PSQI score did not differ by curre...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Platinum Sensitivity–Related Germline Polymorphism Discovered via a Cell-Based Approach and Analysis of Its Association with Outcome in Ovarian Cancer Patients

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Conclusion: This study shows the potential of cell-based, genome-wide approaches to identify germline predictors of treatment outcome ...
Monday, August 08, 2011

full free access: Survival of patients with ovarian cancer in central and northern Denmark, 1998–2009

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Objective To examine time trends of survival and mortality of ovarian cancer in the central and northern Denmark regions during th...
Sunday, May 08, 2011

abstract: The impact of pretreatment thrombocytosis and persistent thrombocytosis after adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of both pretreatment thrombocytosis, and platelet count reduction post-adjuvant chemotherapy, on sur...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

abstract: Ovarian cancer in the elderly: Impact of surgery on morbidity and survival (France)

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Note: in this study 'elderly' =  70+ yrs CONCLUSION: Elderly ovarian cancer patients undergo less extensive surgery and have low...