Irina-Draga Căruntu

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is often diagnosed years after symptom onset, while communication-related factors remain poorly defined in Central and Eastern Europe. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 150 Romanian women reporting surgicall…

Prostate cancer is a prevalent malignancy in male patients, having diverse clinical outcomes. The follow-up of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer involves the evaluation of renal function, because its impairment reduces patient surviva…

UNLABELLED: BMI-1 is a key component of stem cells, which are essential for normal organ development and cell phenotype maintenance. BMI-1 expression is deregulated in cancer, resulting in the alteration of chromatin and gene transcription …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a benign estrogen-dependent gynecological disease involving components of the female genital tract (uterus, Fallopian tubes, ovaries, large, round, and utero-sacral ligaments) and intra- and extraperitoneal regi…

Firstly described at the end of nineteenth century, endometriosis remains an enigmatic disease, from etio-pathogenesis to specific markers of diagnosis and its ability to associate with malignancies. Our review has been designed from a hist…

Objective: Endometriosis association with cancers is strongly supported by epidemiological criteria and shared protective factors, being identified as endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinoma (EOC). In this context, our study objective ha…

Endometriosis represents a complex entity, characterized by tissue located in ectopic sites, outside uterus, with the highest incidence in ovaries and peritoneum. We report a rare case, with multiple endometriotic foci, in a 34 year old wom…