Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a major complication following gynecologic abdominal surgery that may be fatal in up to 1 in 4 affected patients. While several risk factors for VTE have been identified, carcinoma remains among the most significant.
There have been 2 attempts to produce a consensus definition of the polycystic ovary syndrome by expert conferences.
It has been recently identified that NADIR values in serial CA125 values during adjuvant primary post-operative chemotherapy are prognostic even within the normal range (less than 35).
Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
These findings support the aggressive development of alternative screening methods to enhance identification of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.
