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Does a one-session sexual health education program improve sexual confidence in patients with cervical cancer? A transtheoretical model–based clinical study
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a one-session sexual health education program using a transtheoretical model to enhance sexual self-efficacy in patients with cervical cancer.
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Perceived Barriers to patient-healthcare Professional Communication on Sexual Health Information in Patients with Gynecological cancer
Gynecological cancer treatment may cause dysfunction and cessation of sexual activity, adversely impacting patients’ psychological health, relationship adjustment, and overall quality of life (QoL). Gynecologi...
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Open AccessMeasuring Heterogeneity in 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Images for Classifying Metastatic and Benign Bone Lesions in Patients with Cervical Cancer
Heterogeneity assessment can be applied for medical imaging analysis. Here, we evaluated first-order and texture analysis (TA) metrics in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imagin...
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Molecular evidence for a clonal relationship between synchronous uterine endometrioid carcinoma and ovarian clear cell carcinoma: a new example of “precursor escape”?
Synchronous endometrial and ovarian carcinomas (SEOCs) that share the same endometrioid histology are generally considered as the result of metastatic spread from one organ to another. However, SEOCs with diff...
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Roles of posttherapy 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy
To assess the clinical roles of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) performed 2-3 months after completion of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), along with...
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Comparison of positron emission tomography/computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for posttherapy evaluation in patients with advanced cervical cancer receiving definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy
Our purpose was to assess the diagnostic performance of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and pelvic/abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT)...
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Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a parallel study of a prospective randomized trial
The aim of this prospective study was to assess the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT performed before and during treatment for predicting treatment failure in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the ute...
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18F-FDG PET in small-cell cervical cancer: a prospective study with long-term follow-up
Small-cell cervical cancer (SCCC) is rare and prone to metastasize. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the role of 18F-FDG PET in the management of this aggressive malignancy.
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Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and FDG positron emission tomography in the management of vulvar malignancies
To prospectively evaluate the value of CT or MRI (CT/MRI) and PET in the management of vulvar malignancies.
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A dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor lapatinib suppresses overexpression of matrix metallopeptidase 1 (MMP1) in endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancers have been recently molecularly characterized; amplifications of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) were seen in 25 % of the serous-like tumors, and mutations in the PI(3)K/AKT ...
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Estrogen stimulates the proliferation of human endometrial cancer cells by stabilizing nucleophosmin/B23 (NPM/B23)
Unopposed estrogen exposure is an important factor in the tumorigenesis of endometrial cancer. Nucleophosmin/B23 (NPM/B23), a phosphoprotein that has pleiotropic functions in cells, plays an important role in ...
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18F-FDG PET in stage IB/IIB cervical adenocarcinoma/adenosquamous carcinoma
The diagnostic and prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET in cervical adenocarcinoma/adenosquamous carcinoma (AC/ASC) is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the value of PET in the management of cervical AC/ASC...
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A DNA Vaccine Encoding a Codon-Optimized Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 Gene Enhances CTL Response and Anti-tumor Activity
The HPV oncoproteins E6 and E7 are consistently expressed in HPV-associated cancer cells and are responsible for their malignant transformation. Therefore, HPV E6 and E7 are ideal target antigens for developin...
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18F-FDG PET in the management of endometrial cancer
Few studies have investigated the clinical impact of whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in endometrial cancer. We aimed to assess the value of integrating FDG-PET into...
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Does diabetes mellitus influence the efficacy of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of cervical cancer?
Compared with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) may have additional value in the assessment of primary and recurrent cervical cancer. However, th...
