Improving attendance to genetic counselling services for gynaecological oncology patients.

Background: Gynaecological cancers may be the sentinel malignancy in women who carry a mutation in BRCA1 or 2, a mis-match repair gene causing Lynch Syndrome or other genes. Despite published guidelines for referral to a genetics service, a substantial number of women do not attend for the recommended genetic assessment. The study aims to determine the outcomes of systematic follow-up of patients diagnosed with ovarian or endometrial cancer from Gynaecologic-oncology multidisciplinary meetings who were deemed appropriate for genetics assessment.

Hereditary gynaecologic cancers in Nepal: a proposed model of care to serve high risk populations in developing countries.

Background: Endometrial, ovarian and breast cancers are paradigms for global health disparity. Women living in the developing world continue to present in later stages of disease and have fewer options for treatment than those in developed countries. Risk reducing surgery is of proven benefit for women at high risk of gynaecological cancer.

Genetic testing in a gynaecological oncology care in developing countries-knowledge, attitudes and perception of Nepalese clinicians.

Background: Genetic testing for an inherited susceptibility to cancer is an emerging technology in medical practice. Little information is currently available about physicians' attitudes towards these tests in developing countries.

Methods: We conducted an email survey of Nepalese physicians practicing in academic and non-academic settings in Nepal, regarding knowledge, attitudes and perception towards genetic testing for gynaecologic cancer.

Changing patterns of referrals and outcomes of genetic participation in gynaecological-oncology multidisciplinary care.

Background: Genetic participation in gynaecological oncology multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT) may identify the sentinel cancer in women with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome or Lynch syndrome.

Aims: To identify the changing patterns of genetic referral from 2010 to 2014 and the outcomes of referrals through clinical MDT case review.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of cases of gynaecological cancer presented at the MDT meetings and genetics databases were reviewed to determine the frequency and outcomes of recommendations for genetic referral between 2010 and 2014.

A Case Control Study on Risk Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight Babies in Eastern Nepal.

Background. This study was done to assess the maternal and sociodemographic factors associated with low birth weight (LBW) babies. Methods.

Clinico-epidemiological profile of molar pregnancies in a tertiary care centre of Eastern Nepal: a retrospective review of medical records.

Background: The incidence of molar pregnancy has demonstrated marked geographic and ethnic differences. The reported data in Nepal is inconsistent with minimal published literature. Thus, we designed a study to determine prevalence of molar pregnancies and demonstrate clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients attending a tertiary care center in eastern Nepal.

Surgical emergencies in obstetrics and gynaecology in a tertiary care hospital.

Introduction: The management of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Emergency is directed at the preservation of life, health, sexual function and the perpetuation of fertility. Main aim of the study was to access the burden of Surgical Emergency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and their course of management at BPKIHS.

Methods: A total of 314 women presenting at the emergency admission room of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of BPKIHS over two years, who required surgical intervention were included in this hospital based descriptive study.