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Introduction: Risk stratification in upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) currently relies on clinical parameters and risk scores. HemoPill acute (Ovesco Endoscopy, Tuebingen, Germany) is a pill-shaped, orally administered sensor capsule for real-time blood detection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the system in clinical routine.

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Background: As the population at risk for pelvic nodal involvement remains poorly described, the role of pelvic lymphadenectomy (LAE) in vulvar squamous cell cancer (VSCC) has been a matter of discussion for decades.

Methods: In the AGO-CaRE-1 study, 1618 patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB or higher primary VSCC treated at 29 centers in Germany between 1998 and 2008 were documented. In this analysis, only patients with pelvic LAE (n = 70) were analyzed with regard to prognosis and correlation between inguinal and pelvic lymph node involvement.

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Background: Despite an increasing incidence with simultaneous decreasing age of onset, vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC) is still a disease that mainly effects the elderly population. Data on the association of age with prognosis and treatment patterns in VSCC are sparse.

Methods: This is an analysis of the AGO-CaRE-1 cohort.

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Adjuvant therapy in lymph node-positive vulvar cancer: the AGO-CaRE-1 study.

J Natl Cancer Inst

March 2015

Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (SM, LFG, LW); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Munich Maistrasse, Munich, Germany (JJ); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Kiel, Kiel, Germany (FH); KKS Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany (PN); Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany (PH, AdB); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany (NdG); Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (AHas); Department of Gynecology, Charité University Medicine Berlin Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany (JS); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany (AHab); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (PH); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grosshadern University Hospital, Munich, Germany (SF); Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Halle, Halle, Germany (HGS); Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany (KB); Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany (FT); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany (AM); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Evangelical Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany (WM).

Background: Women with node-positive vulvar cancer have a high risk for disease recurrence. Indication criteria for adjuvant radiotherapy are controversial. This study was designed to further understand the role of adjuvant therapy in node-positive disease.

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