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Alexander Traut
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Metastatic pattern of breast cancer according to immunohistochemical defined subtypes in the transitional phase of adjuvant trastuzumab treatment.
2014
e11581 Background: Prognosis of early breast cancer (BC) differs significantly upon subtypes (ST). Treatment with adjuvant trastuzumab improves outcome of HER2 overexpressing BC, however, less in k...
Synchronous Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer—an International Multicenter Case-Control Study
2013
ObjectivesThis study aimed to compare the prognosis of patients with synchronous endometrial and ovarian cancer (SEOC) to matched controls with either endometrial cancer (EC) or ovarian cancer (OC).MethodsA retrospective case-control study including all patients with SEOC who had been treated at 5 European tertiary gynecologic oncology centers between 1996 and 2011 and patients with either EC or OC matched for age, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage, histology, year of diagnosis, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score.ResultsThe study cohort comprised 77, 132, and 126 patients with SEOC, EC, and OC, respectively. The patient characteristics …
Sexual function, sexual activity, and quality of life in women with ovarian and endometrial cancer.
2013
5051 Background: Gynecological cancer (GC) is generally assumed to have an impact on sexual function and activity. Although there are several studies addressing the issue, case control studies are currently limited. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional investigation of sexual function and activity utilizing the sexual activity questionnaire, the female sexual function index, and parts of the EORTC QLQ C30. Patients with gynecological cancer (GC) like ovarian and endometrial cancer were compared with a control group (C) of non-cancer patients. Inclusion of GC was only allowed if treatment was completed ≥12 months previously and patients were disease-free. Results: The questionnaires were…