Cervical cancer: a new era.

Cervical cancer is a major global health issue, ranking as the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Depending on stage, histology, and patient factors, the standard management of cervical cancer is a combination of treatment approaches, including (fertility- or non-fertility-sparing) surgery, radiotherapy, platinum-based chemotherapy, and novel systemic therapies such as bevacizumab, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and antibody-drug conjugates. While ambitious global initiatives seek to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, the management of cervical cancer continues to evolve with major advances in imaging modalities, surgical approaches, identification of histopathological risk factors, radiotherapy techniques, and biomarker-driven personalized therapies.

Outcomes after fertility-sparing surgery of early-stage ovarian cancer: A nationwide population-based study.

Background: Fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) is an alternative choice of young patients who have not completed their family planning and still have fertility needs. The aims of this study were to compare the outcomes of early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients undergoing FSS and radical comprehensive staging surgery (RCS), and the suitability of FSS.

Methods: A total of 1297 patients aged between 20 and 44 years with newly diagnosed early-stage EOC were recruited from the Taiwan Cancer Registry database between 2009 and 2017.

Clinical characteristics and treatment modalities in women with newly diagnosed advanced high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer in Taiwan.

Background: This study was designed to investigate the demographics, treatment patterns, and clinical outcomes of patients newly diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) in 3 medical centers in Taiwan before the integration of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors in clinical practice.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from patients diagnosed with HGSOC between January 2014 and December 2018 and followed-up for a minimum of 12 months after diagnosis. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, while survival rates were evaluated using the Kaplan‒Meier method.

PIP2 regulating calcium signal modulates actin cytoskeleton-dependent cytoadherence and cytolytic capacity in the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.

Trichomonas vaginalis is a prevalent causative agent that causes trichomoniasis leading to uropathogenic inflammation in the host. The crucial role of the actin cytoskeleton in T. vaginalis cytoadherence has been established but the associated signaling has not been fully elucidated.

Cardiophrenic lymph nodes in advanced ovarian cancer.

Epithelial ovarian cancer most commonly presents at advanced stages, and prognosis is influenced by residual disease following cytoreduction. The significance of cardiophrenic lymph node resection at the time of cytoreductive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer remains a topic of debate. Enlarged cardiophrenic lymph nodes are detected through high-resolution imaging; however, the optimal imaging technique in determining feasibility of node resection remains uncertain.

Risk of placenta accreta spectrum following myomectomy: a nationwide cohort study.

Background: Whether myomectomy increases the risk of placenta accreta spectrum in the following pregnancies remains controversial.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of myomectomy on the risk of placenta accreta spectrum in the following pregnancies. Moreover, different methods of myomectomy on the risk of placenta accreta spectrum were explored.

Contrasting clinical characteristics and treatment patterns in women with newly diagnosed advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer in Australia, South Korea and Taiwan.

Objective: The real-world INFORM study analyzed sociodemographics, treatment patterns and clinical outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in Australia, South Korea (S.Korea) and Taiwan preceding incorporation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors into clinical practice.

Methods: Retrospective data from patients diagnosed with EOC (high-grade serous EOC for Taiwan) between January 2014 and December 2018 with ≥12 months follow-up from diagnosis were analyzed descriptively.

Outcome and prognostic factors of unexpected ovarian carcinomas.

Background: We investigated risk factors influencing the outcome of unexpected ovarian carcinomas.

Methods: We reviewed the ovarian carcinoma patients treated at atertiary medical institution between 2000 and 2017 and analyze the clinico-pathological characteristics, treatment strategies, recurrence status, and outcome.

Results: A total of 112 women (65 primary laparoscopic surgery [LSC] and 47 laparotomic surgery [LAPA]) were included in the analysis.

Evaluation of the Effects of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Newborn Sucking, and Breastfeeding Abilities: A Quasi-Experimental Study Design.

Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth has numerous protective effects. Although positive associations between SSC and breastfeeding behavior have been reported, the evidence for such associations between early SSC and breastfeeding success was limited in high-income countries. This quasi-experimental intervention design study aimed to evaluate the impact of different SSC regimens on newborn breastfeeding outcomes in Taiwan.

Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging predicts clinicopathological parameters and stages of endometrial carcinomas.

Background: We investigated the agreement and accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with postoperative pathological characteristics and stages of endometrial endometrioid carcinoma (EEC).

Methods: We recruited 527 women with EEC who underwent staging surgery at a single medical institution. The preoperative MRI, stages, and clinical and pathological parameters, including myometrial invasion (MI), cervical invasion (CI), adnexal metastasis (AM), intra-abdominal metastasis, and pelvic and/or para-aortic nodal metastasis, were recorded and analyzed.

A DNA Damage Response Gene Panel for Different Histologic Types of Epithelial Ovarian Carcinomas and Their Outcomes.

DNA damage response (DDR) is important for maintaining genomic integrity of the cell. Aberrant DDR pathways lead to accumulation of DNA damage, genomic instability and malignant transformations. Gene mutations have been proven to be associated with epithelial ovarian cancer, and the majority of the literature has focused on .

Diagnosis of Peritoneal Tuberculosis from Primary Peritoneal Cancer.

Peritoneal tuberculosis (PTB) is an uncommon extrapulmonary infection mimickng primary peritoneal cancer (PPC). We retrospectively included 23 women with PTB and 47 women with PPC treated in a medical center to study the clinical and radiological features that differentiate PTB from PPC. Body temperature above 38 °C was a unique feature of PTB (34.

International Gynaecological Cancer Society (IGCS) 2020 Annual Global Meeting: Twitter activity analysis.

Objectives: Twitter is the most frequently used social media platform by healthcare practitioners, at medical conferences. This study aimed to analyze Twitter conversations during the virtual International Gynecological Cancer Society 2020 conference to understand the interactions between Twitter users related to the conference.

Methods: Tweets using the hashtag '#IGCS2020' were searched using the Twitter Search Application Programming Interface (API) during the period 10-13 September 2020.

Factors Influencing the Discordancy Between Intraoperative Frozen Sections and Final Paraffin Pathologies in Ovarian Tumors.

Aim: To retrospectively investigate the pre-operative clinical factors and ultrasonographic features that influence the accuracy of the intraoperative frozen section (IFS) of ovarian tumors.

Patients And Methods: Women with ovarian tumors that underwent IFS in one tertiary medical center were recruited from January 2010 to December 2018. Demographic and clinical data of these women were retrieved from medical records in the hospital's centralized database.

Technique for inguino-femoral lymph node dissection in vulvar cancer: an international survey.

Background: Vulvar cancer is a rare disease and despite broad adoption of sentinel lymph node mapping to assess groin metastases, inguino-femoral lymph node dissection still plays a role in the management of this disease. Inguino-femoral lymph node dissection is associated with high morbidity, and limited research exists to guide the best surgical approach.

Objective: To determine international practice patterns in key aspects of the inguino-femoral lymph node dissection technique and provide data to guide future research.