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Is menopausal hormone therapy safe when your patient carries a BRCA mutation?
Data suggest that several years of systemic hormone therapy are safe in mutation carriers who have intact breasts and no personal history of...
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Update on Menopause
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Does adjuvant oophorectomy improve survival in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers with breast cancer?
Yes. Oophorectomy is associated with a reduction in mortality in women with a BRCA1 mutation who have breast cancer, according to this...
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Atypical hyperplasia of the breast: Cancer risk-reduction strategies
Women with atypical hyperplasia are at increased risk for breast cancer. We need to characterize that risk for patients and ensure appropriate...
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2015 Update on menopause
The latest guidance on safe use of menopausal hormone therapy
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Imaging the endometrioma and mature cystic teratoma
A 25-year-old patient presents with pelvic pain and dyspareunia. A 19-year-old patient with a history of ovarian cystectomy for dermoid cyst...
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Does a family history of both breast and prostate cancer (vs breast only) put a woman at greater risk for future breast cancer?
Yes. Women with first-degree relatives with breast and prostate cancer had a 78% elevated risk for developing breast cancer (adjusted hazard ratio...
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Association between breast cancer and depression may last as long as 8 years
A large Danish cohort study clarifies the risk factors for depression after a diagnosis of breast cancer, which include advanced age,...
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Telltale sonographic features of simple and hemorrhagic cysts
Myriad sonographic features characterize cystic adnexal pathology. Here, three cases of benign, resolving cysts, including when to follow-up.
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Dr. Andrew M. Kaunitz on prescribing systemic HT to older women
Prescribing systemic hormone therapy is common, but controversial. Dr. Kaunitz elaborates on specific dosing and tapering patients, as well as...
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Focus on cervical biopsy
New guidance has focused on cervical cytology screening intervals and the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing—but has not addressed optimal...
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Congenital uterine anomalies: A resource of diagnostic images, Part 2
The following images demonstrate the ability of 3D sonography to identify the unicornuate, bicornuate, didelphic, and DES-exposed uterus
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Congenital uterine anomalies: A resource of diagnostic images, Part 1
Accurate diagnosis of such anomalies has prognostic importance for both obstetric and gynecologic outcomes
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How useful is random biopsy when no colposcopic lesions are seen?
About 20% useful to identify otherwise undetected CIN2 or worse or CIN 3 or worse. The absolute risks of disease associated with the random biopsy...
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How to identify and localize IUDs on ultrasound
ObGyns—many of whom have access only to 2D ultrasound—are increasingly called upon to determine the positioning, or malpositioning, of the device...