The preservation of fertility in women of childbearing age with breast cancer is challenging because the time for ovarian stimulation is restricted and only a limited number of oocytes can be retrieved before gonadotoxic therapies. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the fertility preservation outcomes after ovarian stimulation with various protocols in women with breast cancer. PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Uterine myomas are one of the most common gynecologic tumors in premenopausal women. The conventional surgical treatments are myomectomy and hysterectomy, but high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a new noninvasive treatment creating no surgical wound. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of HIFU treatment compared with conventional surgery for patients with uterine myomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) have a poor prognosis because they show low sensitivity to platinum-based chemotherapy. New treatments for refractory OCCC are urgently needed.
Case Presentation: We present a patient with refractory OCCC in whom conventional chemotherapy failed.