Laparoscopy better than imaging for accurate staging in locally advanced cervical cancer
January 11th 2021While no difference was shown in disease-free survival rates between surgical and non-surgical staging methods, laparoscopy benefits patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIB cervical cancer. Surgical staging also has a cancer-specific survival benefit, according to a study published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancers.
Abstract submissions for 2021 SASGOG Virtual Meeting
January 6th 2021The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) recently announced its call for abstracts for the 2021 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held virtually on April 9, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST.
Navigating the Annual Pregnancy Meeting
January 4th 2021The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) 2021 Annual Pregnancy Meeting will be held virtually throughout the month of January, with core meeting activities taking place Jan. 25-30. SMFM’s President, Judette Louis, MD, MPH, and Program Committee Chair, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MSc, tell readers what they can expect in the new online format.
Improved survival rate in patients with advanced endometrial cancer
December 31st 2020Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib induced a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, progression-free survival, and objective response rate compared with chemotherapy in patients with advanced endometrial cancer after prior systemic therapy in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-775/Study 309 trial.
MRI to differentiate uterine leiomyosarcoma from benign leiomyoma
December 31st 2020High signal intensity on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images (MRI) and low diffusion coefficient values can accurately differentiate uterine leiomyosarcoma from benign leiomyoma, according to a meta-analysis in the Journal of the Belgium Society of Radiology.
Metabolite profiling of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis
December 30th 2020A study in the journal Vascular Health and Risk Management has found significant differences in the metabolite profiling of altered amino acid and lipoprotein metabolism in participants with atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, compared with those in healthy menopausal women.