Am I too old for cervical cancer screening?
The majority of Australian women have regular Pap smears to prevent cervical cancer. During the Pap smear your doctor will obtain cells from the cervix and those cells can either...
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Posted in cervical cancer; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
What to expect after surgery
The hospital stay: After a laparoscopic procedure (for example laparoscopic hysterectomy) patients will stay in hospital for one or two nights; after a laparotomy (open, abdominal) the hospital stay will...
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Tagged surgery, follow-up; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
FDA recommends against use of ovarian cancer screening
Based on recent, high-quality research evidence the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement that advised against ovarian cancer screening.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer; Comments 2 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
8 reasons why ovarian cancer screening fails
Ovarian cancer is a nasty disease and the most lethal gynaecologic cancer. It affects 1300 women every year in Australia and the majority of these women will die of the disease.
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Posted in ovarian cancer; Comments 1 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
The feminine hygiene routine linked to ovarian cancer
New research has shown women who reported douching have almost double the risk of developing ovarian cancer.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer; Comments 1 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
What types of Hormone Replacement Therapy are safe?
This article is important for women who need their ovaries removed and who will become menopausal as a consequence.
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Tagged hormone replacement therapy, menopause, deep vein thrombosis; Comments 6 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Doctor, how will you get my uterus out?
Patients frequently ask how we remove the uterus, which normally is the size of a pear, during laparoscopic hysterectomy.
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Tagged Morcellation, uterus, Hysterectomy, surgery, uterine sarcoma; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Doctor, if you had my cancer, what would you do to fight it?
“What can I do to help with my recovery to increase my chances of survival?” is what patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer often ask.
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Tagged cancer; Comments 3 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Statin use is associated with improved epithelial ovarian cancer survival
Women with ovarian cancer had significantly better survival if they were on statin therapy in addition to cancer-specific treatment, a review of registry-based data showed.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer, statin; Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Does talc powder cause ovarian cancer?
A US court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $100 million (AUD) in damages to the family of an Alabama woman who died of ovarian cancer.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer; Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair