Despite the relatively low prevalence, ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death from
cancer among women. As such, an early diagnosis for establishing a timely surgical and/or …

BACKGROUND Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), a precursor of human epididymis
protein, has been proposed as a tumor marker for ovarian cancer. We evaluated HE4 in …

The aim of this study is to evaluate a new tumour marker, HE4, in comparison with CA 125
and the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) in healthy women and in patients …

We read with interest the excellent Review by Goonewardene and colleagues1 recently
published in The Lancet Oncology, which focused on the management of patients with …

Malignant and nonmalignant serosal fluids have been found to be associated with high
serum levels of CA 125, suggesting that the presence of fluid in the serosal cavities may …

Purpose Peritoneal metastasis is a crucial factor for the prognosis in gastric cancer, but its
diagnosis is difficult before laparotomy. This study analyzed the usefulness of diagnostic …

AIM: To investigate the usefulness of tumor markers and adenosine deaminase in
differentiating between tuberculous peritonitis (TBP) and peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) …

BACKGROUND: The widespread introduction of immunotherapy in patients with advanced
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has led to durable responses but still many patients fail …

OBJECTIVE.: This study evaluates the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in
combination with CA125 to detect ovarian cancer in women at hereditary risk for ovarian …

Objective: This study aims to analyze the clinical characteristics and diagnostic features of
ovarian fibromas and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic surgery for ovarian …