Lemur tail kinase 3 (LMTK3) belongs to a family of tyrosine kinases that are known to correlate with tumor grade and patient survival in some cancers. Here, we validated LMTK3 as a specific target and a prognostic biomarker in ovarian cancer (OC). In samples from 204 stage I-II OC patients, immunohistochemical studies revealed a higher cytoplasmic-to-nuclear staining intensity of LMTK3, which correlated with worse overall survival ( < 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGynecol Oncol
October 2024
Objective: This study aimed to investigate health-related quality of life (HRQoL), sexual function, psychological-health, reproductive concerns, and fertility outcomes of women of reproductive age undergoing Fertility-Sparing Surgery (FSS) for treatment of ovarian cancer (OC) or borderline ovarian tumor (BOT), over a 2-year period.
Methods: Prospective longitudinal multicentre study including women 18-40 years undergoing FSS between 2016 and 2018 in Sweden. Clinical data at diagnosis, histopathological findings and 2-year follow-up regarding oncological and reproductive outcomes were collected.
Background: Tinzaparin, a low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH), has shown anti-neoplastic properties in animal models and in in vitro studies of human cancer cell lines. The reduction of CA-125 levels during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) co-varies with the prognosis; the larger the decrease in CA-125, the better the prognosis.
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the potential anti-neoplastic effects of tinzaparin by investigating changes in serum CA-125 levels in advanced EOC patients who receive NACT.
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate if time to start chemotherapy (TTC) after primary debulking surgery (PDS) impacted relative survival (RS) in advanced epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer (EOC).
Methods: Nationwide population-based study of women with EOC FIGO stages IIIC-IV, registered 2008-2018 in the Swedish Quality Register for Gynecologic Cancer, treated with PDS and chemotherapy. TTC was categorized into; ≤21 days, 22-28 days, 29-35 days, 36-42 days and > 42 days.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
April 2024
Gynecological cancer diagnosed during pregnancy requires accurate diagnosis and staging to determine optimal treatment based on gestational age. Cervical and ovarian cancers are the most common and multidisciplinary team collaboration is pivotal. Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound can be used without causing fetal harm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Question: What are the outcomes regarding health-related quality-of-life, mood, and marital relationship of recipients and donors 5 years after uterus transplantation (UTx) and uterus donation?
Summary Answer: Both recipients and donors generally demonstrated long-term stability regarding psychosocial outcomes but with negative deviations associated with unsuccessful outcomes.
What Is Known Already: UTx is the first infertility treatment for women with absolute uterine factor infertility. The procedure can be performed with either a uterus donation from a live donor (LD), typically a close relative, or from a deceased, multi-organ donor.
Aims: The aim is to report the results of Australia's first uterus transplantation (UTx).
Methods: Following long-standing collaboration between the Swedish and Australian teams, Human Research Ethics approval was obtained to perform six UTx procedures in a collaborative multi-site research study (Western Sydney Local District Health 2019/ETH13038), including Royal Hospital for Women, Prince of Wales Hospital, and Westmead Hospital in New Souh Wales. Surgeries were approved in both the live donor (LD) and deceased donor models in collaboration with the inaugural Swedish UTx team.
Objective: Lymph node metastases (pN+) in presumed early-stage cervical cancer negatively impact prognosis. Using federated learning, we aimed to develop a tool to identify a group of women at low risk of pN+, to guide the shared decision-making process concerning the extent of lymph node dissection.
Methods: Women with cervical cancer between 2005 and 2020 were identified retrospectively from population-based registries: the Danish Gynaecological Cancer Database, Swedish Quality Registry for Gynaecologic Cancer and Netherlands Cancer Registry.
Introduction: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the leading cause of gynecological cancer-related death. Of the main OC histologic subtypes, invasive mucinous carcinomas (MC) account for only 3% of OC cases and are frequently associated with favorable prognosis. Nevertheless, MCs differ greatly from the other OC histotypes in clinical, pathological, and biological behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to explore how patients treated for endometrial cancer (EC) with robotic surgery are affected in symptoms of anxiety and depression and HRQoL in the long term.
Methods: Women scheduled for primary robotic surgery for EC were included (n = 64), in this single-center study. Socioeconomic variables were obtained at baseline.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate recurrences and survival in endometrioid endometrial cancer (EC) in a complete population-based cohort.
Methods: A regional population-based study including women with endometrioid EC, identified by the Swedish Quality Registry for Gynecological Cancer (SQRGC), where primary surgery was performed between 2010 and 2017. Patient characteristics and outcomes, including recurrences, were retrieved from the SQRGC and completed by records reviews.
Background: The societal cost associated with ovarian cancer (OC) is not well known. Increasing costs for new treatments and/or the impact of organizational changes motivates these costs to be described and communicated. This study aims to evaluate the cost of illness of OC in a population-based cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the extent of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) dispensing in premenopausal women after being treated with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSOE) for ovarian cancer (OC).
Methods: Nationwide population- and register-based cohort study including women 18-50 years old, registered in The Swedish Quality Register for Gynecological Cancer (SQRGC), where BSOE was performed due to epithelial (EOC) and non-epithelial ovarian cancers (NEOC) or borderline ovarian tumor (BOT) between 2008 and 2014. Data on HRT dispensing was obtained from the National Prescribed Drug Register analyzed at semi-annual intervals from surgery until end of follow-up December 2015, including a logistic regression analysis.
Before the first live birth following uterus transplantation (UTx) in 2014, the 1-2% of women with an absent or non-functional uterus had no hope of childbearing. With 64 cases of UTx and 34 births reported in the scientific literature, this emerging technology has the potential for translation into mainstream clinical practice. However, limitations currently include donor availability, recipient suitability, surgical challenges regarding success and complications, and recipient management after UTx and during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel type of transplantation to treat infertility in women with an absent or nonfunctioning uterus. The International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx) has developed a registry to monitor worldwide UTx activities while serving as a repository for specific research questions.
Methods: The web-based registry has separate data fields for donor, recipient, surgeries, immunosuppression, rejections, pregnancies with live birth(s), and transplant hysterectomies.
Absolute uterus factor infertility, whether congenital or acquired, renders the woman unable to carry a child. Although uterus transplantation (UTx) is being increasingly performed as a non-vital procedure to address this unfortunate condition, the immunosuppression required presents risks that are further compounded by pregnancy and during the puerperium period. These vulnerabilities require avoidance of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant UTx recipients especially during the third trimester, as accumulating evidence reveals increased risks of morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate reproductive, obstetric, and long-term health of the first completed study of uterus transplantation (UTx).
Design: Prospective.
Setting: University hospital.
Introduction: Minimally invasive methods to reduce menorrhagia were introduced in the 1980s and 1990s. Transcervical endometrial resection (TCRE) and endometrial ablation (EA) are two of the most frequently used methods. As none of them can guarantee a complete removal of the endometrium, there are concerns that the remaining endometrium may develop to endometrial cancer (EC) later in life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate recurrence and survival in non-endometrioid endometrial cancer in a population-based cohort and evaluate the implementation of the first national guidelines (NGEC) recommending pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy for surgical staging and tailored adjuvant therapy.
Methods: A population-based cohort study that used the Swedish quality registry for gynaecological cancer for the identification of all women with early-stage non-endometrioid endometrial cancer between 2010 and 2017. Five-year overall (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
Introduction: Surgical complications after primary or interval debulking surgery in advanced ovarian cancer were investigated and associations with patient characteristics and surgical outcomes were explored.
Material And Methods: A population-based cohort study including all women with ovarian cancer, FIGO III-IV, treated with primary or interval debulking surgery, 2013-2017. Patient characteristics, surgical outcomes and complications according to the Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification system ≤30 days postoperatively, were registered.
Introduction: Primary surgery for vulvar cancer has become less radical in past decades. This study investigates risk factors and prevalence of short-and long-term complications after up-to-date vulvar cancer surgery.
Methods: Population-based cohort study of surgically treated primary vulvar cancer at a national center of vulvar cancer, assessing surgical outcome.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
March 2022
Introduction: The first live birth after uterus transplantation occurred in Sweden in 2014. Uterus transplantation has repeatedly, and at many centers worldwide, proven to be a feasible treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility. Hysterectomy in live donors and transplantation are well described in numerous reports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Question: How do women experience attempts to become pregnant, and the first years of motherhood, after uterus transplantation (UTx)?
Summary Answer: Women who try to become pregnant after UTx experience the general strains typically associated with infertility and childlessness, such as failure of embryo transfer (ET), and specific worries about graft survival but when they become mothers they essentially feel like other mothers, with the associated rewards and stresses.
What Is Known Already: UTx has proven to be a successful treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility (AUFI). Although UTx seems to have a positive effect on self-image there is a lack of knowledge about how women who have received uterine grafts experience pregnancy attempts, pregnancy itself and the first years of motherhood.
Background: Poor survival rates in different cancer types are sometimes blamed on diagnostic and treatment delays, and it has been suggested that such delays might be related to sociodemographic factors such as education and ethnicity. We examined associations of the wait time from diagnosis to surgery and survival in endometrial cancer (EC) and explored patient and tumour factors influencing the wait time.
Material And Methods: In this historical population-based cohort study, The Swedish Quality Registry for Gynaecologic Cancer (SQRGC) was used to identify EC patients who underwent primary surgery between 2010 and 2018.