Angeles Alvarez Secord

ORCID: 0000-0003-0946-7662 · 8 papers in corpus
rct 2019
The New England journal of medicine ·doi:10.1056/nejmoa1902626

BACKGROUND: Secondary surgical cytoreduction in women with platinum-sensitive, recurrent epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian-tube ("ovarian") cancer is widely practiced but has not been evaluated in phase 3 investigation. …

nonrandomized-trial 2018
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.05.029

OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and tolerability of sunitinib in recurrent or persistent clear cell ovarian cancer patients. METHODS: All patients had one or two prior regimens with measurable disease. Tumors were at least 50% clear …

observational 2018
Gynecologic oncology research and practice ·doi:10.1186/s40661-018-0065-1

BACKGROUND: Widespread concerns have been raised regarding the safety of power morcellation of uterine specimens because of the potential to disseminate occult malignancy. We sought to assess the safety and feasibility of contained manual u…

other 2017
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.08.004

PURPOSE: We examined disparities in prognosis between patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) and serous epithelial ovarian cancer (SOC). METHODS: We reviewed data from FIGO stage I-IV epithelial ovarian cancer patients who parti…

review 2015
Gynecologic oncology research and practice ·doi:10.1186/s40661-015-0008-z

Traditionally, epithelial ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal cancers have been viewed as separate entities with disparate origins, pathogenesis, clinical features, and outcomes. Additionally, previous classification systems for ovarian cancer h…

diagnostic-accuracy 2013
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology ·doi:10.1007/s00432-013-1501-6

PURPOSE: CA-125 has been a valuable marker for detecting ovarian cancer, however, it is not sensitive enough to detect early-stage disease and not specific to ovarian cancer. The purpose of our study was to identify autoantibody markers tha…

case-report 2013
Gynecologic oncology case reports ·doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2013.03.002

•Uterine morcellation is common in minimally invasive hysterectomy but should be performed with caution due to risk of unsuspected malignancy.•Intraoperative techniques should be considered to minimize dissemination of endometrial tissue du…

2005
·doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.07.364