Women’s understanding of breast cancer and prevention in a Greek border community

Giannoula Kyrkou, Maria Deligianni, Nikoleta Tsinisizeli, Grigorios Karampas, Anna Deltsidou, Athina Diamanti, Anastasia Bothou

Background: Breast cancer is a major health problem, as it leads to high mortality and morbidity in women around the world. However, as with many other types of cancer, gynecological cancer is a disease that can be prevented and treated if diagnosed early. Aim: This study investigates women’s knowledge and attitudes regarding the gynecological prevention of cancer at the border area of Greece, Orestiada, Evros…

Intra-abdominal adhesions in gynecological surgery

Evangelinakis N, Nikolaou M, Katasos T

Intra-pelvic and intra-abdominal adhesions represent the basic causes of obstruction of small bowel, infertility, chronic pain, and impaired organ functioning, whereas they increase the risk of post-operative complications in case of a second surgery. Adhesion formation begins with formation of a fibrin matrix on two opposing injured peritoneal surfaces, which typically occurs …

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