Survival and prognostic factors of patients with primary fallopian tube cancer receiving adjuvant paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy.

Aim: To determine the survival and prognostic factors of patients with primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) who had been treated with paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy.

Methods: The records of patients with PFTC who had been treated between 2002 and 2010, identified through the report of Chiang Mai University Hospital, were reviewed. All patients had pathological materials initially reported or reviewed by a gynecologic pathologist before initiation of treatment.

Predictive value of negative cone margin status for risk of residual disease among women with cervical adenocarcinoma in situ.

Objective: To determine the value of negative cone margins in predicting residual disease in women with adenocarcinoma in situ (ACIS).

Methods: Data were retrospectively analyzed from 60 women with ACIS who underwent conization at Chiang Mai University Hospital between March, 1998, and December, 2010. Negative margin status was defined as absence of neoplastic epithelium at all margins, coupled with presence of normal cervical epithelium.

Patient satisfaction with the service at Menopause Clinic, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.

Objective: To evaluate patient satisfaction of service at the Menopause Clinic and to identify factors affecting patient satisfaction.

Material And Method: Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at the Menopause Clinic, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital. Three hundred twenty six subjects were included.

Preceding cervical cytology in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.

Objective: To evaluate the preceding cervical cytology and factors leading to cytohistologic discrepancy in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) histology.

Methods: The records of women who were found to have histologically confirmed HSIL without any associated invasive and glandular lesions, at Chiang Mai University Hospital between January 2005 and May 2009, were reviewed. Cytohistological discrepancy was defined as HSIL histology preceded by low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) smears.

Symptoms of estrogen deficiency in nursing personnel in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.

Objective: To determine the self-reported prevalence and severity of climacteric symptoms of estrogen deficiency in nursing personnel working in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital during the year 2002.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University.

Mammographic change in hysterectomized women on 0.625 mg/day of conjugated equine estrogen.

Objective: To compare the mammographic change before and after conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) 0.625 mg/day in hysterectomized women.

Design: A retrospective descriptive study.