Background: Biomarkers play critical roles in early detection, diagnosis and monitoring of therapeutic outcome and recurrence of cancer. Previous biomarker research on ovarian cancer (OC) has mostly focused on the discovery and validation of diagnostic biomarkers. The primary purpose of this study is to identify serum biomarkers for prognosis and therapeutic outcomes of ovarian cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOBJECTIVE.: To estimate the psychological impact, health and behavior concerns, and coping styles of women awaiting colposcopic examination compared with women awaiting a scheduled primary care appointment. MATERIALS AND METHODS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To qualitatively assess telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy.
Materials And Methods: A site expert and local colposcopist examined women presenting consecutively for colposcopic examination at 1 of 2 rural clinics. Images from the exam were transmitted to distant experts at a telemedicine center by an existing telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy system.
Objectives: To compare computer-based telecolposcopy with telemedicine network telecolposcopy.
Materials And Methods: An on-site expert and local clinician at two rural sites conducted colposcopic examinations on 264 women. Colposcopic images were captured and transmitted to two other experts at a remote location using a statewide telemedicine system and a computer and modem-based system.