Resilience: a mediator of the negative effects of pandemic-related stress on women's mental health in the USA.

The role of resilience in mediating the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of US women is poorly understood. We examined socioeconomic factors associated with low resilience in women, the relationship of low resilience with psychiatric morbidity, and the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between pandemic-related stress and other coincident psychiatric morbidities. Using a quota-based sample from a national panel, we conducted a web-based survey of 3200 US women in April 2020.

Chemotherapy response score as a prognostic tool in patients with advanced stage endometrial carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Background: Chemotherapy response score (CRS) applied to interval debulking specimens quantifies histopathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma and correlates with progression-free and overall survival.

Objective: To investigate whether the chemotherapy response score could be applied to interval debulking specimens in patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma and be a prognostic indicator.

Methods: The study included patients with clinical stage III-IV endometrial carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery.

Change in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women.

During a pandemic, women may be especially vulnerable to secondary health problems driven by its social and economic effects. We examined the relationship between changes in health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs) and mental health. A cross-sectional survey of 3,200 women aged 18-90 years was conducted in April 2020 using a quota-based sample from a national panel (88% cooperation rate).

Malignant bowel obstruction due to uterine or ovarian cancer: Are there differences in outcome?

Objectives: To describe and compare treatments and outcomes of patients with malignant bowel obstructions (MBO) due to uterine or ovarian cancer.

Methods: Retrospective chart review from two institutions of women admitted 1/1/2005-12/31/2016 with a MBO from recurrent/progressive uterine or ovarian cancer. Data collected includes patient characteristics, cancer-directed treatments before and after MBO, MBO management strategies, and survival after MBO.

Geospatial patterns of access to self-care resources for obesity among endometrial cancer survivors in a high poverty urban community.

Objective: To examine endometrial cancer survivors' access to recommended obesity-related self-care resources.

Methods: Participants included women treated 2010-2015 for endometrial cancer at an academic medical center who lived in the surrounding 16 ZIP code area on Chicago's South Side. Demographic and health data were abstracted from medical records.

Can you ask? We just did! Assessing sexual function and concerns in patients presenting for initial gynecologic oncology consultation.

Objectives: To describe patterns of response to, and assess sexual function and activity elicited by, a self-administered assessment incorporated into a new patient intake form for gynecologic oncology consultation.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of patients presenting to a single urban academic medical center between January 2010 and September 2012. New patients completed a self-administered intake form, including six brief sexual activity and function items.

Adjuvant treatment of advanced-stage endometrial cancer.

Despite the overall favorable prognosis for women with endometrial cancer, those with advanced and metastatic disease are at significant risk of major morbidity and death. Traditional treatment for advanced-stage endometrial cancer has relied on radiation. The last decade has witnessed a dramatic shift in treatment paradigms for women with advanced-stage endometrial cancer.

Prognostic factors for uterine cancer in reproductive-aged women.

Objective: To determine the prognostic factors that influence the survival of younger women diagnosed with uterine cancer.

Methods: Demographic and clinico-pathologic data were collected from the National Cancer Institute database between 1988 and 2001. Data were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox proportional hazards regression.