Total laparoscopic hysterectomy is increasingly used as a safe and effective alternative to total abdominal hysterectomy for endometrial carcinomas, and has been shown to be associated with shorter ...

The uterus is the fourth most common site of malignancy among women in the UK, and endometrial cancer is the most common type of uterine cancer. The predominant symptom of endometrial cancer is ...

How does 18f-FDG PET-CT scan affect clinical judgment and change treatment decisions in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer? Background: To investigate the cost-effectiveness in early stage ...

Last year, Nicole was miserable -- heavy periods, lots of cramping. Not only did she have fibroids, but her uterus and bladder were slipping downward, causing serious discomfort. Nicole needed a ...

A Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, which improves the prognosis for uterine cancer and provides relief from troublesome symptoms such as pelvic pain and heavy irregular periods. A ...

A 10-year study has found survival outcomes after hysterectomies performed by keyhole surgery are just as good and safe for women with endometrial cancer. Keyhole surgery is a better option for women ...

Perioperative use of etoricoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy significantly reduces both resting and elicited pain and opioid (morphine) consumption ...

In an age when so many once private topics are out in the open, many women are still very reluctant to talk about hysterectomies, perhaps because of the potential emotional implications of losing the ...

We have moved interventional procedures guidance 356 to become HealthTech guidance 229. This is to better reflect the NICE HealthTech programme which combines the former NICE Diagnostics Assessment ...