Omentum

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Abdominal leiomyosarcoma: aggressive management. 
  • Abdominal pain and a pelvic mass. 
  • An unusual cause of acute abdominal pain. 
  • Clinical prospects for neural grafting therapy for hippocampal lesions and epilepsy. 
  • Desmoplastic small round cell tumor masquerading as advanced ovarian cancer. 
  • Identification of genes associated with ovarian cancer metastasis using microarray expression analysis. 
  • Immature omental teratoma. 
  • Metastatic melanoma of gastrocolic ligament treated with minimally invasive approach. 
  • Omental gene expression of adiponectin correlates with degree of insulin sensitivity before and after gastric bypass surgery. 
  • Ovarian teratoma with glial implants on the peritoneum. An analysis of 12 cases. 
  • Robot-assisted ureterolysis, retroperitoneal biopsy, and omental wrap: pilot series for the treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. 
  • Serum leptin levels are inversely correlated with omental gene expression of adiponectin and markedly decreased after gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The activated transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway in peritoneal metastases is a potential therapeutic target in ovarian cancer. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology