Publications by authors named "Anna Nevels"

•Concomitant diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC) and uterine didelphys is rare.•Robotic surgery can safely be performed in patients with EC uterine didelphys.•A multidisciplinary team is required to approach treatment and cancer surveillance in those with Mullerian anomalies.

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Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), an iron-overload disease, is a prevalent genetic disorder. As excess iron causes a multitude of metabolic disturbances, we postulated that iron overload in HH disrupts colonic homeostasis and colon-microbiome interaction and exacerbates the development and progression of colonic inflammation and colon cancer. To test this hypothesis, we examined the progression and severity of colitis and colon cancer in a mouse model of HH (Hfe-/-), and evaluated the potential contributing factors.

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