OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify tumor-derived DNA in Papanicolaou (Pap) smears and plasma specimens from patients with endometrial cancer or endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EC/EIN). METHODS: Tumor tissue, peripheral blood, a…
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of preadolescent and adolescent female patients with ovarian mass combined with dysplasia of secondary sexual characteristics. Methods This study retrospectively analyzed 18 cases of ova…
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the peritoneal fluid (PF) sphingolipid profile in endometriosis-associated infertility (EAI), and to assess the plausible functional role(s) of ceramides in oocyte maturation potential. DESIGN: Retrospective case…
Endometriosis is a disease characterized by regurgitated lesions which are invasive and migratory, embedding at ectopic, extra-uterine locations. Extracellular glucosylceramides (GlcCers), bioactive sphingolipids potentiating signals for ce…
OBJECTIVE: Clinicopathological characteristics and possible prognostic factors among women with endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer (EEOC) with or without concurrent endometriosis were investigated. STUDY DESIGN: A search of medical cha…
OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and common benign gynecological disorders. STUDY DESIGN: The medical records of 226 patients with EOC treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital between Ma…
OBJECTIVES: To explore the differences between women with endometriosis associated ovarian cancer and typical epithelial ovarian cancer. STUDY DESIGN: The medical charts of total 226 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer treated at Pekin…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical characteristics of three subcategories of laparoscopic hysterectomy: total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and two subcategories of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH): LAVHs and LAVHb. METH…