Large cell neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma: a report of two cases and review of the literatureT C Krivak
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC, 20307, USA
Gynecol Oncol 82:187-91. 2001
..These tumors appear to mimic the aggressive behavior of small cell neuroendocrine tumors. Metastasis and recurrent disease are common. Due to the low incidence of these tumors, optimal therapy has not been delineated...
- The utility of hand-assisted laparoscopy in ovarian cancer
Thomas C Krivak
Daivid Grant Medical Center, Ob Gyn, 224 Lone Oak DR, Vacaville, CA 95688, USA
Gynecol Oncol 96:72-6. 2005
..While laparoscopy has become an integral part of gynecologic surgery, debulking procedures have not been feasible to date with standard minimally invasive techniques...
- Cervical adenocarcinoma in situ: a systematic review of therapeutic options and predictors of persistent or recurrent disease
T C Krivak
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307 5001, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 56:567-75. 2001
..However, the short follow-up duration and small number of patients limit the conclusions of many studies. The relative infrequency of this diagnosis has precluded extensive clinical experience with the natural history of this lesion...
- Abnormal fragile histidine triad (FHIT) expression in advanced cervical carcinoma: a poor prognostic factor
T C Krivak
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307, USA
Cancer Res 61:4382-5. 2001
..015), normal Fhit expression versus abnormal Fhit expression (P = 0.015), and stage II versus stage III (P = 0.033). Multivariate analysis showed that abnormal Fhit expression was a poor prognostic factor (P = 0.015)...
- Uterine adenosarcoma with sarcomatous overgrowth versus uterine carcinosarcoma: comparison of treatment and survival
T C Krivak
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Gynecol Oncol 83:89-94. 2001
..Management should include complete surgical staging. Additional therapy in the form of radiation, chemotherapy, or both has been reported; however, the superiority of one modality could not be determined from our data...
- Insulinoma in pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature
Catherine A Takacs
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland 20762 6600, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 57:229-35. 2002
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Preoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy and chemotherapy for locally advanced vulvar carcinomaSushil Beriwal
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gynecol Oncol 109:291-5. 2008
..The purpose of the study was to assess the clinical outcome in patients with locally-advanced vulvar cancers treated using preoperative chemotherapy with IMRT...
- Survival for stage IB cervical cancer with positive lymph node involvement: a comparison of completed vs. abandoned radical hysterectomy
Scott D Richard
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Magee Womens Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gynecol Oncol 109:43-8. 2008
..We compare 5-year survival rates for women with completed vs. abandoned radical hysterectomy (RH) who were treated with postoperative radiation therapy (RT)...
- Pregnancy after tumor debulking and intraperitoneal cisplatin for appendiceal carcinoid tumor
Gina M Mantia Smaldone
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:477-9. 2007
..Pregnancy after cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy is rare...
- Cecal perforation complicating placement of a transvaginal tension-free vaginal tape
Daniel D Gruber
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA 94535, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:671-3. 2007
..Bowel complications are rare; however, they may occur and should be suspected in a patient with an acute abdomen and free air...
- Erythropoietin receptor function and expression in epithelial ovarian carcinoma
John W McBroom
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA
Gynecol Oncol 99:571-7. 2005
..Furthermore, adversely effects sensitivity to cisplatin in the ovarian cancer cell lines. These data add to the growing body of evidence suggesting possible detrimental effects of erythropoietin...
- Tubo-ovarian abscess: diagnosis, medical and surgical management
Thomas C Krivak
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, Calif. 94535-1800, USA
Compr Ther 30:93-100. 2004
..With improvements in antibiotic therapy, laparoscopic surgery and interventional radiological techniques have lessened the need for radical surgical treatment in stable patients...
- Clinicopathological analysis of c-kit expression in carcinosarcomas and leiomyosarcomas of the uterine corpus
William E Winter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Gynecol Oncol 91:3-8. 2003
..Patients with KIT-positive carcinosarcomas may have an improved progression-free survival compared to KIT-negative tumors; however, further data are needed to determine whether this finding is confounded by stage...
- Port site metastasis of ovarian carcinoma remote from laparoscopic surgery for benign disease
Nicole L Carlson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5600, USA
Gynecol Oncol 85:529-31. 2002
..This report serves to caution the gynecologic oncologist that the first evidence of recurrence may be at a laparoscopic port site from prior benign gynecologic or nongynecologic surgery...
- Papillary serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary diagnosed after malignant pericardial tamponade and embolic stroke
William E Winter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Gynecol Oncol 84:453-5. 2002
..CONCLUSION: Ovarian cancer metastasis to the heart and pericardium presented an aggressive variant of tumor spread with significant morbidity and subsequent mortality...
- Relationship between ERCC1 polymorphisms, disease progression, and survival in the Gynecologic Oncology Group Phase III Trial of intraperitoneal versus intravenous cisplatin and paclitaxel for stage III epithelial ovarian cancer
Thomas C Krivak
University of Pittsburgh Magee Women s Hospital Precision Therapeutics PTI, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:3598-606. 2008
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