Cancer Science & Therapy

Magdalena Czekien

Publications

• Research Article
  “Benefit” of Routine Ovarian Biopsy during Laparotomy for Diseases of the Female Reproductive Organs.
  Author(s): Marek Szymanski, Radoslaw Janicki, Magdalena Czekien and Wiesław SzymanskiMarek Szymanski, Radoslaw Janicki, Magdalena Czekien and Wiesław Szymanski
  
  Background: Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death among patients diagnosed with reproductive organ cancers in Poland. Despite the progress and continual improvements in diagnostic techniques and methods of cancer treatment, the epidemiology and natural history of ovarian cancer remain largely unchanged. Approximately three quarters of ovarian carcinoma cases are not detected or treated until the third or fourth stage of the disease. The current routine diagnostic procedures include ultrasound examination, biochemistry marker assessments and histopathological evaluations of ovarian tissue to confirm a diagnosis. The preoperative diagnosis of ovarian cancer remains unsatisfactory, and the search for new effective methods has not provided satisfactory results. Objectives: To determine whether routine biopsy of macroscopically unchanged .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000520

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