Chen LM

BACKGROUND: Literature evaluating the management of abnormal uterine bleeding in premenopausal patients prior to endometrial malignancy diagnosis is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate predictors and consequences of inadequate evaluation and m…

Objective: To explore the effects of free perforator propeller flap from buttock in repairing deep wound of buttock. Methods: From February 2016 to May 2018, 27 patients with buttock skin and soft tissue defects caused by various reasons we…

PURPOSE: Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) is a fibrotic disease mainly caused by tissue injury, yet the mechanism is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the roles of TGF-β1/BMP7/Smad signaling coincident with epithelial-m…

Survivin (BIRC5) is a cell survival gene that is overexpressed in endometrial cancer and has been implicated to have a physiological role in normal endometrial function. To determine whether survivin gene expression is regulated by reproduc…

The purpose of this article was to provide a comprehensive review of the epidemiological and genetic factors associated with ovarian cancer. A more complete understanding of the determinants of ovarian cancer may lead to the development of …

OBJECTIVE: To present the ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings that may allow for a prospective diagnosis and expectant management of decidualized endometriomas because the rare occurrence of decidualization in the ectopic end…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pictorial essay is to review the differential considerations when an adnexal mass is detected on CT or MRI in a patient with a primary nonovarian malignancy. CONCLUSION: Such adnexal masses may be metastases …

The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in 2 cases of ovarian cancer arising in an endometrioma are presented. In both cases, the cancer was evident as an enhancing mass within a blood-filled adnexal cyst. The MRI findings of an enhan…