The aim of the study was to reveal the prevalence of concomitant endometriosis in malignant and borderline ovarian tumours. A retrospective analysis was performed of 530 patients with malignant ovarian tumours and 131 with borderline ovaria…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictive role of serum levels of YKL-40 and cancer antigen (CA) 72-4 in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-one patients with EC and 21 women with uterine polyps were evaluat…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) as a tumor marker in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS: Eighty-seven epithelial ovarian cancer patients, 74 benign ovarian tumor patie…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of ovarian endometriosis in malignant epithelial ovarian tumours. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of 160 malignant and 23 borderline ovarian tumours during the period 1995-2001. RESULTS: Fourt…