Publications by authors named "Janelle P Darby"

There is an increasing use of medical management for gynecologic cancers given the rise in neoadjuvant therapies, delayed childbearing, and use of assisted reproductive technology. Chemotherapy, albeit broadly used in most gynecologic cancers, lacks long term data with respect to its associated gonadotoxicity and potential adverse pregnancy outcomes. Immunotherapy and other targeted therapies that have demonstrated promising responses in other tumor types are increasingly being studied in gynecologic malignancies.

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  • High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) shows resistance to immunotherapy but some patients have partial or complete responses, indicating a potential molecular basis for immunity in specific subpopulations.
  • An algorithm called CONSTRU was developed to analyze gene expression profiles in HGSC and identify genetic factors that influence the effectiveness of anti-tumor immunity, resulting in a stratification signature (STRATsig) that divides patients into groups based on their immune response.
  • Results indicated that patient survival and immune function varied significantly among these groups, with one group (S-T1) exhibiting strong immune suppression and dysfunction, while another group (S-T3) showed improved immune function, antigen presentation, and survival benefits correlated with genetic mutations.
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•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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Objective: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is the standard approach for the staging and treatment of early-stage endometrial cancer (EC) and often includes use of a uterine manipulator. Uterine perforation is a known risk in this setting, and the impact of perforation and tumor spillage on cancer recurrence is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the association between uterine perforation and/or tumor spillage at the time of MIS for low-grade, early-stage EC on disease recurrence.

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