Disparities in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival Rate of Cervical Cancer among Women with and without Disabilities.

Introduction: Not much is known regarding the disparities in cancer care between women with and without disabilities.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the potential disparities in the diagnosis, treatment, and survival of women with cervical cancer with and without disabilities.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study and linked the National Disability Database, Korean Central Cancer Registry, and Korean National Health Insurance claims database.

Myometrial relaxation of mice via expression of two pore domain acid sensitive K(+) (TASK-2) channels.

Myometrial relaxation of mouse via expression of two-pore domain acid sensitive (TASK) channels was studied. In our previous report, we suggested that two-pore domain acid-sensing K(+) channels (TASK-2) might be one of the candidates for the regulation of uterine circular smooth muscles in mice. In this study, we tried to show the mechanisms of relaxation via TASK-2 channels in marine myometrium.

Regulation of myometrial contraction by ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel via activation of SUR2B and Kir 6.2 in mouse.

ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are well characterized in cardiac, pancreatic and many other muscle cells. In the present study, functional expression of the KATP channel was examined in non-pregnant murine longitudinal myometrium. Isometric contraction measurements and Western blot were used.

CEACAM6 as detected by the AP11 antibody is a marker notable for mucin-producing adenocarcinomas.

A new monoclonal antibody recognizing CEACAM6, which we named AP11, was generated by immunizing BALB/c mice with phytohemagglutinin-activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. This study aims to evaluate whether CEACAM6 can serve as a tumor marker using AP11. We examined the expression of CEACAM6 with AP11 in 11 human carcinoma cell lines by flow cytometry and 439 human tissues including 282 tumor tissues and 157 normal tissues by immunohistochemistry.

Mechanism of Relaxation Via TASK-2 Channels in Uterine Circular Muscle of Mouse.

Plasma pH can be altered during pregnancy and at labor. Membrane excitability of smooth muscle including uterine muscle is suppressed by the activation of K(+) channels. Because contractility of uterine muscle is regulated by extracellular pH and humoral factors, K(+) conductance could be connected to factors regulating uterine contractility during pregnancy.

Application of Mini-abdominoplasty after Conservative Excision of Extensive Cesarean Scar Endometriosis.

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, and the standard treatment is extensive surgical excision. Cesarean scar endometriosis is a type of cutaneous endometriosis arising on or near a Cesarean section scar. A 44-year-old woman presented with a 9×6 cm sized dark-brown, stony-hard, irregular, lower abdominal mass of four years duration.

Discordance in perceived needs between patients and physicians in oncology practice: a nationwide survey in Korea.

Purpose: Identification of supportive care needs in patients with cancer is essential for planning appropriate interventions. We aimed to determine patient-physician concordance in perceived supportive care needs in cancer care and to explore the predictors and potential consequences of patient-physician concordance.

Patients And Methods: A national, multicenter, cross-sectional survey of patient-physician dyads was performed, and 97 oncologists (participation rate, 86.

Elevated CA 19-9 levels in mature cystic teratoma of the ovary.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of serum tumor markers in patients with ovarian mature cystic teratoma (MCT). We retrospectively evaluated 163 women who underwent surgery for MCT of the ovary between March 2003 and August 2007 and who provided preoperative blood samples for the measurement of CA 19-9 and CA 125. The rates of elevated serum CA 19-9 and CA 125 levels were 31.

Triplet cervical pregnancy treated with intraamniotic methotrexate.

Background: Multifetal cervical pregnancy is very rare. We are reporting a case of a triplet cervical pregnancy that was treated with direct intraamniotic instillation of methotrexate.

Case: A young multiparous woman was diagnosed as having three gestational sacs in her uterine cervix with embryonic cardiac activity observed within one of the sacs.