Journal of surgical oncology

Although ovarian cancer is the most lethal among gynecological cancers, access to massive BRCA testing is still limited. Its cost-effectiveness is still a topic of discussion in several countries. In Brazil, olaparib was recently incorporat…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the predictive factors associated with failed sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in a large, retrospective cohort of patients with early-stage endometrial cancer (EC). METHODS: We retro…

BACKGROUND: Endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer (EEOC) is rare, and its management poorly defined. We examined factors associated with 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) after surgery for EEOC. METHODS: Retrospective study: treatmen…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze the factors affecting recurrence-free (RFS) and overall survival (OS) rates of women diagnosed with low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC). METHODS: Databases from 13 partici…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between hospital surgical volume and perioperative mortality of pelvic exenteration performed for gynecologic malignancies. METHODS: A population-based retrospective study utilizing the…

Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from colorectal origin may undergo cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) as a curative approach. One major prognostic factor that affects survival is …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Vascularized omentum lymphatic transplant (VOLT) for treatment of lymphedema has become popular because of no risk of iatrogenic lymphedema and abundant lymphatic tissue. However, perfusion to the omentum can be di…

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: To evaluate surgical and pathologic outcomes of robotic assisted versus open hysterectomy for women with at least class II (BMI >35) and class III (BMI >40) obesity with endometrial cancer. Women with endometrial can…

BackgroundThe role of systemic chemotherapy (SC) in conjunction with cytoreductive surgery (CS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in appendiceal mucinous carcinoma peritonei (MCP) is unknown.MethodsA retrospective revie…

Peritoneal surface malignancies (PSM) have been traditionally regarded as uniformly terminal conditions. The combination of cyto-reductive surgery and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy has changed PSM management from palliation to …

The presence of ectopic decidua in pelvic lymph nodes from patients with squamous carcinoma of the cervix makes evaluation for metastatic disease difficult due to the light microscopic similarity between decidua and sheets of squamous epith…

The clinical stage assigned to simultaneously presenting carcinomas of the uterine corpus and ovary remains variable, depending on which of the two sites is considered to be the primary. Simultaneous involvement may occasionally represent i…

This paper presents an apparent case of danazol-induced primary hepatocellular carcinoma in a 49-year-old patient, following two years of continuous therapy with this inhibitor of pituitary gonadotrophin. Discontinuation of the drug failed …

A retrospective analysis of the clinico-pathologic aspects of 22 cases of clear cell ovarian carcinoma with a literature survey is the subject of this report. The rarity of these neoplasms below the age of 40 is reaffirmed. Tumor-related hy…

A case of gastric duplication associated with adenomyoma including ectopic pancreatic tissue in an adult patient is reported. The histologic features, diagnostic criteria, and pathogenesis are briefly discussed.

The ovaries of 470 patients obtained for various indications at operation revealed 178 with 193 ovarian cysts and tumors - including 63 serous, 23 endometrial, and 27 mucinous - as well as 103 with tubal (serous), 35 with endometrial, and 2…