Radical hysterectomy in the elderlyAzamsadat Mousavi
Gynecologic Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran 14914, Iran
World J Surg Oncol 6:38. 2008
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- Can primary optimal cytoreduction be predicted in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer preoperatively?
Azam Sadat Mousavi
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 1419733141, Iran
World J Surg Oncol 8:11. 2010
..Prediction of optimal cytoreduction in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian caner preoperatively...
Uterine malignancy following tamoxifen use in breast cancer patients in Iran: case series and literature reviewNadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:163-6. 2009
..This study evaluated tumor characteristics and survival in women with breast cancer who subsequently developed uterine cancer...
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical surgery compared to radical surgery alone in bulky stage IB-IIA cervical cancer
N Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14194, Iran
Eur J Surg Oncol 32:1226-30. 2006
..The aim of this study was evaluation of the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and radical hysterectomy on long-term survival in stage IB-IIA locally advanced cervical cancer as compared with radical surgery alone...
- Clinical and histological significance of atypical glandular cell on Pap smear
Nadereh Behtash
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14194, Iran
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 47:46-9. 2007
..Atypical glandular cell (AGC) on Pap smear is uncommon but may represent a variety of benign and malignant lesions...
- Placental site trophoblastic tumor
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran 14194, Iran
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 134:1-6. 2008
..Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment. Chemotherapeutic regimen should be EMA/CO for first line chemotherapy; EMA/EP should be used in EMA/CO refractory cases. This article reviews the literatures on this rare but fatal disease...
- Dysgerminoma in three patients with Swyer syndrome
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran 14194, Iran
World J Surg Oncol 5:71. 2007
..Dysgerminoma is the most common malignant germ cell tumor of the ovary. This malignancy can be associated with pure gonadal dysgenesis or Swyer syndrome, mixed gonadal dysgenesis and partial gonadal dysgenesis...
- Uterine involvement in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
N Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 31:99-101. 2010
..With an increasing trend for sparing fertility in gynecologic malignancies, we tried to assess uterine involvement in all stages of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in an evidence-based study...
- Ovarian carcinoma associated with pregnancy: a clinicopathologic analysis of 23 cases and review of the literature
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship from Tehran University Of Medical Science, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 8:3. 2008
..The aim of this study was to analyze and describe cases of ovarian cancer in pregnant women treated at our center and to review the literature concerned, and to discuss the rationale for therapy...
- The value of frozen sectioning for the evaluation of resection margins in cases of conization
Nadereh Behtash
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 276:529-32. 2007
..To determine the role of frozen section examination (FSE) of the cone specimen in the evaluation of the resection margin status and to rule out invasion in patients with high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia...
- Pelvic mass due to transmigrated IUD
Nadereh Behtash
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Acta Med Iran 48:125-6. 2010
..The mass was confirmed with CT scan. In laparatomy we found an IUD in cul-de-sac and pelvic mass was apparently an organized hematoma. Transmigrated IUD can induce organized hematomas presenting as a pelvic mass...
- Successful pregnancy after localized resection of perforated uterus in choriocarcinoma and a literature review
N Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 16:445-8. 2006
..Uterine perforation following choriocarcinoma is a rare event. Hysterectomy is recommended in emergency conditions, but localized resection of uterus should be considered in women who are desirous of future fertility...
- Uterine sarcoma: clinicopathological characteristics, treatment and outcome in Iran
Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami
Gynecologic Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 9:421-6. 2008
..The aim of this study was to investigate clinical and histopathological characteristics together with treatment and outcome of Iranian patients with uterine sarcomas...
- Evaluation and management of brain metastatic patients with high-risk gestational trophoblastic tumors
F Ghaemmaghami
Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 14:966-71. 2004
..It seems that multi-agent chemotherapy (EMA-EP) concurrently with whole brain irradiation results in acceptable survival rates in GTT patients with brain metastases...
- EMA-EP regimen, as firstline multiple agent chemotherapy in high-risk GTT patients (stage II-IV)
F Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran 14194, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 14:360-5. 2004
..In current study, EMA-EP regimen in patients with high-risk metastatic GTN patients (with or without brain metastasis) lead to remission in all patients who completed the treatment courses...
- Comparative study of chemoradiation and neoadjuvant chemotherapy effects before radical hysterectomy in stage IB-IIB bulky cervical cancer and with tumor diameter greater than 4 cm
M Modarress
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 15:483-8. 2005
..05). Pathologic complete response was significantly higher in chemoradiation group (P = 0.004). According to the result of this study, it seems that NAIC and chemoradiation had similar effects in survival prognostic factors...
- Is normal beta-hCG regression curve helpful in the diagnosis of persistent trophoblastic disease?
N Behtash
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 14:980-3. 2004
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the probable usefulness of normal beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) regression curve in the diagnosis of persistent trophoblastic disease (PTD)...
- First-line chemotherapy with 5-FU and platinum for advanced and recurrent cancer of the cervix: a phase II study
F Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
J Obstet Gynaecol 23:422-5. 2003
..First-line chemotherapy with platinum and 5-FU for advanced and recurrent cervical cancer is promising and deserves consideration for a larger phase III trial...
- Multiple, disseminated cutaneous metastases of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma
F Ghaemmaghami
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran 14194, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 14:384-7. 2004
..For her palliation, some chemotherapy drugs were prescribed. She is on her sixth chemotherapy cycle, but these skin lesions are somewhat a preterminal event and there is no well-established treatment for this phase of disease...
- Borderline ovarian tumours: clinical analysis of 38 cases
N Behtash
Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
J Obstet Gynaecol 24:157-60. 2004
..Most common histological type was serous, and 5 of the recurrences of (6 patients) were initially diagnosed at stage I, and had been treated with conservative surgery with no adjuvant therapy...
- Simple hysterectomy in the presence of invasive cervical cancer in Iran
N Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 13:177-81. 2003
..Many cases of simple hysterectomy in the presence of biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix necessitates some reconsideration of gynecology oncology postgraduate courses for general gynecologists...
- Preservation of pregnancy in a patient with advanced ovarian cancer at 20 weeks of gestation: case report and literature review
M Modares Gilani
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 17:1140-3. 2007
..Combination chemotherapy during pregnancy with preservation of the fetus could be considered, and should be discussed with caution in case of epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosed during the second trimester of the pregnancy...
- Visual inspection with acetic acid as a feasible screening test for cervical neoplasia in Iran
F Ghaemmaghami
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 14:465-9. 2004
..In conclusion, the sensitivity and specificity of VIA is high and comparable with that of cytology. Hence, VIA can be undertaken as a feasible method of screening in cervical cancer in countries where access to cytopathology is limited...
- Successful treatment of two patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasm presenting with emergent neurologic symptoms
F Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology Oncology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Gynecol Cancer 16:937-40. 2006
..It seems that multiagent chemotherapy in conjunction with whole-brain irradiation results in acceptable survival rate in brain metastatic GTN patients. Craniotomy is often necessary in fulminant cases...
Term delivery following successful treatment of choriocarcinoma with brain metastases, a case report and review of literatureNadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 14194 Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 279:579-81. 2009
..Although gestational trophoblastic neoplasia has become the most curable of gynecological malignancies, failure rate among "high-risk" patients is still high despite of the use of aggressive multidrug regimens...
- Preoperative prognostic factors and effects of adjuvant therapy on outcomes of early stage cervical cancer in Iran
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:613-8. 2009
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- Cervical carcinoma simulating advanced ovarian cancer
Z Nazari
Gynecology Department, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Emam Khomeini Hospital, 2nd Floor, Sari, Iran
Eur J Surg Oncol 33:123-4. 2007
- Good pregnancy outcome after prenatal exposure to bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin for ovarian immature teratoma: a case report and literature review
Mojgan Karimi Zarchi
Gynecologic Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 277:75-8. 2008
..The administration of bleomycin plus etoposide and cisplatin during pregnancy is rare...
- Ultrasonography and computed tomography for management of adnexal masses in Iranian patients with suspected ovarian cancer: results of a prospective study
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Dept, Vali Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:201-4. 2009
..To determine and compare the accuracy of sonographic and computerized tomography (CT) scan assessments in distinguishing between benign and malignant adnexal masses in an under-studied population of Iranian patients...
- Effects of tamoxifen on the cervix and uterus in women with breast cancer: experience with Iranian patients and a literature review
Mojgan Karimi Zarchi
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:595-8. 2009
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of tamoxifen on the genital tract with particular attention to the uterus and cervix...
- A prospective study to evaluate the correlation between Reid colposcopic index impression and biopsy histology
Azam Sadat Mousavi
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
J Low Genit Tract Dis 11:147-50. 2007
..To determine the strength of correlation between colposcopic impression using Reid index and biopsy histology...
- Management of patients with metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor
Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran 14194, Iran
Gynecol Oncol 94:187-90. 2004
..This study was designed to analyze the results of treatment on patients with metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor (metastatic GTT)...
- Cervical cancer and HPV vaccines in developing countries
Mojgan Karimi Zarchi
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:969-74. 2009
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- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix: case report and review of the literature
Nadereh Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran 14194, Iran
Gynecol Oncol 91:452-5. 2003
..The peak incidence is in the second decade. A combined modality approach to treating rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) has markedly improved survival. We present two cases of cervical RMS. One of them had a very aggressive clinical course...
- Cutaneous metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix at the drain site
Nadereh Behtash
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14194, Iran
Gynecol Oncol 85:209-11. 2002
..Although carcinoma of the cervix is the second to the fourth most common malignancy in women, cutaneous involvement originating from cervical cancer is particularly unusual, even in the terminal stage of the disease...
- Clinical outcome of Iranian patients with advanced ovarian cancer with neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus primary debulking surgery
Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami
Gynecologic Oncology Department, Vali e Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Oncology Complex, Medical Sciences Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 9:719-24. 2008
..The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and the impact of interval debulking surgery (IDS) on clinical outcomes of patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer...
- Clinical assessment, gross examination, frozen section of ovarian masses: do patients benefit?
Fatemah Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology Oncology Department of Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Blvd, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Vali e Asr Hospital Reproductive Health Research Centre, Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 278:209-13. 2008
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- Assessment of the response to chemotherapy in gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with vaginal metastases
Fatemeh Ghaemmaghami
Gynecology Oncology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 278:315-8. 2008
..There have been just a few studies about treatment of GTN + VM...
- A study to evaluate the utility of presurgical CA125 to predict optimal tumor cytoreduction of epithelial ovarian cancer
Mitra Modares Gilani
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran
Gynecol Oncol 105:780-3. 2007
..To determine the ability of a preoperative serum CA125 to predict optimal primary tumor cytoreduction in patients with stage III and IV epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC)...
- Conservative management of young women with endometrial carcinoma or complex atypical hyperplasia: report of three cases and literature review
M Karimi-Zarchi
Gynecology Oncology Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 32:695-8. 2011
..The younger groups of women with endometrial carcinoma are frequently nulligravid with a history of infertility and strong desire to preserve fertility, which may pose a therapeutic dilemma for both patients and physicians...
- Uterine papillary serous carcinoma after pelvic radiation therapy for cancer of the cervix
N Behtash
Department of Gynaecology Oncology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Vali e Asr Hospital, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran 14 194, Iran
J Obstet Gynaecol 22:96-7. 2002
..In this paper we report the case of uterine papillary serous carcinoma 16 years after pelvic X-ray therapy for cervical cancer...
- Symptoms of ovarian cancer in young patients 2 years before diagnosis, a case-control study
N Behtash
Gynecology Oncology Department, Vali Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 17:483-7. 2008
..1 respectively for these symptoms. Unusual abdominal or lower back pain, fullness and pressure, gastrointestinal, urinary problems and infertility should make women and physicians more aware of changes associated with ovarian cancer...
- Umblical metastasis in cervical cancer
Nadereh Behtash
Vali e Asr Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Arch Gynecol Obstet 278:489-91. 2008
..Clinical suspicion should lead to a careful additional evaluation whenever a cutaneous nodule presents in the course of the disease...
- Cervical cancer: screening and prevention
Nadereh Behtash
Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 7:683-6. 2006
..For the vast majority of women who have already been infected, however, continued screening and resection need to be emphasized...
