Kian Behbakht
ORCID: 0000-0003-4793-9958
· 9 papers in corpus
observational
2026
Background/Objectives: Ovarian cancer (OC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women, largely driven by late-stage diagnosis. Five-year survival is just 30% for advanced-stage (III-IV) disease but exceeds 90% for early-stage d…
diagnostic-accuracy
2025
Background/Objectives: Ovarian cancer (OC) is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage due to the nonspecific nature of its symptoms. While population-wide screening has failed to reduce mortality, timely diagnosis in symptomatic women rem…
other
2025
OBJECTIVE: Symptoms occur in up to 75% of patients with early-stage ovarian cancer; as such, using a symptom inventory (SI) to stratify which patients should receive screening for ovarian cancer is an attractive approach to mitigate false-p…
diagnostic-accuracy
2025
UNLABELLED: Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Most patients are diagnosed at late stage (III/IV), resulting in a 5-year survival rate below 30%. This is driven by the presentation of vague abdom…
meta-analysis
2024
OBJECTIVE: To determine biomarkers other than CA 125 that could be used in identifying early-stage ovarian cancer. DATA SOURCES: Ovid MEDLINE ALL, EMBASE, Web of Science Core Collection, ScienceDirect, Clinicaltrials.gov , and CAB Direct w…
case-report
2020
BACKGROUND: We present a rare case of a dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy in a noncommunicating rudimentary uterine horn diagnosed prior to rupture at 12 weeks of gestation. CASE: A 33-year-old woman with history of two prior spontaneo…
lab-animal
2016
Objective. Gelatin-thrombin matrix (GTM) tissue sealant use was previously identified as an independent predictor of pelvic infection following hysterectomies. We aim to elucidate contributing factors by assessing influence of GTM on bacter…
case-report
2001
BACKGROUND: Adenosarcoma in a patient with extraovarian endometriosis is a rare event and can be easily overlooked. CASE: A woman with a history of endometriosis underwent multiple resections of a vaginal mass and medical treatment for pre…
case-report
2001
In Brief BACKGROUND Adenosarcoma in a patient with extraovarian endometriosis is a rare event and can be easily overlooked. CASE A woman with a history of endometriosis underwent multiple resections of a vaginal mass and medical treatment f…