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A clinical perspective on genetic counseling and testing during end of life care for women with recurrent progressive ovarian cancer: opportunities and challengesMolly S Daniels
U T M D Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Unit 1362, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Fam Cancer 10:193-7. 2011..Further attention and research should be directed towards provision of genetic counseling and testing during end of life care...
Timing of BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic testing in women with ovarian cancerMolly S Daniels
Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Unit 1362, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Genet Med 11:624-8. 2009..To determine when, in reference to the course of their treatment, women with ovarian cancer are seen for genetic counseling, as well as to determine what factors influence this timing...
Satisfaction with ovarian carcinoma risk-reduction strategies among women at high risk for breast and ovarian carcinomaShannon N Westin
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 117:2659-67. 2011..Little is known regarding patient satisfaction levels with risk-reduction strategies. Thus, the authors sought to determine levels of patient satisfaction with PS versus RRSO and to identify factors that may influence satisfaction...
Prospective determination of prevalence of lynch syndrome in young women with endometrial cancerKaren H Lu
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1155 Herman Pressler, Unit 1362, Houston, TX 77030 4009, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:5158-64. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 mutations in an unselected cohort of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer at age younger than 50 years...
Evaluating women with ovarian cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: missed opportunitiesLarissa A Meyer
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:945-52. 2010..To estimate the incidence of genetic counseling referral for ovarian cancer patients who are at substantial risk for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation...
Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy compared with surveillance in women with BRCA mutationsKathleen M Schmeler
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:515-20. 2006..A short time interval was noted from the time of receiving positive genetic test results to undergoing prophylactic surgery...
Is low-grade serous ovarian cancer part of the tumor spectrum of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer?Marisa A Vineyard
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Gynecol Oncol 120:229-32. 2011....
Primary peritoneal cancer after bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in two patients with Lynch syndromeKathleen M Schmeler
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:432-4. 2010..We describe two cases of primary peritoneal cancer after BSO in women with Lynch syndrome or HNPCC...
Prophylactic surgery to reduce the risk of gynecologic cancers in the Lynch syndromeKathleen M Schmeler
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230-1439, USA
N Engl J Med 354:261-9. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that prophylactic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is an effective strategy for preventing endometrial and ovarian cancer in women with the Lynch syndrome...
Microscopic and early-stage ovarian cancers in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: building a model for early BRCA-associated tumorigenesisMelinda S Yates
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:463-70. 2011..We present an updated model for BRCA1/2 mutation-associated ovarian and fallopian tube carcinogenesis, which may aid in identifying improved prevention strategies for high-risk women who delay or decline RRSO...
Obstetrics/gynecology residents' knowledge of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and Lynch syndromeKaylene J Ready
Department of Breast Medical Oncology Unit 1354, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:401-4. 2010..Cancer genetics education programs should place more emphasis on the areas in which residents' appeared to be deficient in order to aid future physicians in the identification of high-risk individuals...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of prevention strategies for gynecologic cancers in Lynch syndromeJanice S Kwon
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Cancer 113:326-35. 2008..Screening and prophylactic surgery have been recommended as prevention strategies. In this study, the authors estimated the net health benefits and cost-effectiveness of these strategies in a Markov decision-analytic model...
Endometrial cancer in an adolescent: a possible manifestation of Cowden syndromeKathleen M Schmeler
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:477-9. 2009..Cowden syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the development of multiple intestinal hamartomas, distinctive mucocutaneous lesions, and an increased risk of endometrial, breast, and thyroid cancer...
What women with ovarian cancer think and know about genetic testingRobin A Lacour
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030 3721, USA
Gynecol Oncol 111:132-6. 2008..With the prospect of BRCA-directed therapeutics, we investigated ovarian cancer patients' knowledge and willingness to undergo genetic testing...
Pathologic features of endometrial carcinoma associated with HNPCC: a comparison with sporadic endometrial carcinomaRussell R Broaddus
Department of Pathology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 106:87-94. 2006..It was the purpose of this study to pathologically characterize a series of HNPCC associated endometrial carcinomas...
Genetic testing by cancer site: uterusMolly S Daniels
Clinical Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer J 18:338-42. 2012..HLRCC (hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma), which has an associated high risk of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas, is reviewed...
Women with synchronous primary cancers of the endometrium and ovary: do they have Lynch syndrome?Pamela T Soliman
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:9344-50. 2005..The purpose of our study was to determine the likelihood of MMR defects (MSH2, MSH6, MLH1) in women with synchronous endometrial and ovarian cancer...
