Primary and metastatic ovarian cancer in patients with prior breast carcinoma. Pre-operative markers and treatment results.

Background: The pre-operative diagnosis of primary and metastatic malignant ovarian tumors in patients treated for breast cancer is difficult. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the characteristics and outcome of women with a history of breast cancer in order to identify pre-operative markers useful in differential diagnosis and the role of surgery in their management.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of 36 patients with a history of breast cancer, who had been operated on either for primary or metastatic cancer between 1987 and 2003, were reviewed retrospectively.

Preoperative work-up of early cervical cancer (stages Ib-IIa).

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of preoperative investigations in early cervical cancer.

Materials: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 309 patients with previously untreated early cervical carcinoma who completed pretreatment evaluation at "St. Savas" Cancer Hospital of Athens and "Metaxas" Memorial Hospital of Peireas between January 1986 and September 1, 2000.

Tamoxifen associated uterine pathology in breast cancer patients with abnormal bleeding.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the underlying pathology in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen who present with abnormal bleeding. A total of 56 cases were studied and the histopathologic features of 50 curettage and 18 laparotomy specimens were reviewed. All patients were under tamoxifen treatment (10-40 mg daily) for a period ranging from 5 months to 15 years.