Newsletter Fall 2021

UCLA OBGYN Recent Publications

  • Hoyos-Martinez A, Hoyos LR, Putra M, Armstrong AA, Rambhatla A, Allen-Rhoades W, Brennan K. Availability of Fertility Preservation Information on the Websites of U.S. News and World Report Top-Ranked Pediatric Cancer Programs. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2021:10(1):66-70.
  • Dilday E, Douglas C, Brennan K. Single-dose intramuscular methotrexate for treatment of cervical ectopic pregnancy: A case report. Case Reports in Women’s Health 2021:31.
  • Boitano, T. K. L., Smith, H. J., Cohen, JG, Rossi, E. C., & Kim, K. H. (2021). Implementation and evaluation of a novel subspecialty society fellows robotic surgical course: the SGO minimally invasive academy surgical curriculum. Journal of gynecologic oncology, 32(2), e26-e26. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2021.32.e26
  • Milki, A., Cohen, JG.,Kaur Mann, A., Kapp, D. S., & Chan, J. K. (2021). Publication of oral and video presentations from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology annual meeting over 11?years - What characteristics were important?. Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 35, 100688-100688. DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100688 doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.11.002 
  • PorterA, Barcelon JM, Budker RL, Marsh, L, Moriaty JM, Aguiar X,?Rao J, Ghorani E, Kaur B, Maher G, Seckl MJ, Konecny, GE, and Cohen JG.  Treatment of metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor with surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and coil embolization of multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulate. Gynecologic Oncology Reports. PMID: 34036138 DOI: 1016/j.gore.2021.100782
  • Budker, R, Rudasill, S, Mardock, A, Nyakudarika, N, Benharash, P, and Cohen JG. Predictors of 30-day Readmission Among Ovarian Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery. Journal of Women's Health and Development. 4 (2021): 064-077. DOI: 10.26502/fjwhd.2644-28840061  
  • Mandelbaum, A, Rudasil, S, Aguayo, S, Chan, E, Sanaiha, Y,Cohen JG, and Benharash, P. National Trends in Utilization of Episiotomy and Factors Associated with High-Utilization Centers in the United States. Journal of Women’s Health and Development 4 (2021): 082-094 DOI: 10.26502/fjwhd.2644-28840063
  • Dumesic DA, Tulberg A, Leung KL, Fisch SC, Grogan TR, Abbott DH, Naik R, Chazenbalk GD. Accelerated subcutaneous abdominal stem cell adipogenesis predicts insulin sensitivity in normal-weight women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril. 2021;116(1):232-242
  • Abbott DH, Dumesic DA. Passing on PCOS: new insights into its epigenetic transmission. Cell Metab, 2021;33(3):463-466
  • Mok T, Afshar Y, Platt LD, Guo R, Rao RR, Pluym ID, Silverman NS, Han CS. Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Monochorionic-Diamniotic Twins: The Role of Intertwin Discrepancy in Perinat. 2021 Jul 19. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1732456. PMID: 34282577. 
  • Mei JY, Han CS. Ultrasound for the pregnant person with diabesity. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Mar 1;64(1):144-158. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000600.PMID: 33394705 
  • Coignard J, Lush M, Beesley J, O’Mara TA, Dennis J, Tyrer JP, Karlan BY, et al. A case-study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 17;12(1):1078. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20496-3.PMID: 33597508
  • Turan V, Lambertini m, Lee DY, Wang E, Clatot F, Karlan BY, et al. Association of Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variants With Diminished Ovarian Reserve: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient-Level Data. Clin Oncol. 2021 Apr 23;JCO2002880. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.02880. Online ahead of print.PMID 33891474
  • Dinh HQ, Lin X, Nameki R, Haro M, Olingy CE, Chang H, Hernandez L, Karlan BY, et al. Single-cell transcriptiomics identifies gene expression networks driving differentiation and tmorigenesis in the human fallopian tube. Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13;35(2):108978. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108978.PMID: 33852846
  • D Gareth Evans, Kelly-Anne Philips, Roger L Milne, Beth Karlan, et al. Survival from breast cancer in women with BRCA2 mutation by treatment. Br J Cancer. 2021 Apr;124(9):1524-1532. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01164. Epub 2021 Feb. 18. PMID: 3357716
  • Pace LE, Tung N, Le, Karlan B, et al. Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Primary Care Providers in BRCA Testing: Results from the BFOR Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun 25. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06970-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 3413196
  • Coignard J, Lush M, Beesley J, O’Mara TA, Karlan BY, et al. A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 17;17(1):1078. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20496-3. PMID: 33597508
  • Quinn MCJ, McCue K, Shi W, Johnatty SE, Beesley J, Karlan BY, et al. Identification of a Lucus Near ULK1Associated With Profession-Free Survival in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Pre. 2021 Jun 23. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1817. Online ahead of print
  • Inge M M Lakeman, Alexandra J van den Broek, Beth Y Karlan, et al. The predictive ability of the 313 variant-based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant. Genet Med. 2021 Jun 10. doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01198-7. Online ahead of print
  • Christine S Walsh, Mitchell Kamrava, Andre Rogatko, Beth Karlan, et al. Phase II trial of cisplatin, gemcitabine and pembrolizumab for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 3;16(6):e0252665. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252665. eColletion 2021. PMID: 34081738
  • Riestenberg C, Quinn M, Akopians A, Danzer H, Surrey M, Ghadir S, Kroener L. Endometrial compaction does not predict live birth rate in single euploid frozen embryo transfer cycles. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021 Jan 3. PMCID: 3338980. 
  • Riestenberg C, Kroener L, Quinn M, Ching K, Ambartsumyan G. Routine endometrial receptivity array in first embryo transfer cycles does not improve live birth rate. Fertil Steril, 2021 Jan 15. PMCID: 33461752
  • Armstrong A, Kroener L. Healthy term live birth after focal embolization of symptomatic post-myomectomy arteriovenous malformation in a patient with recurrent pregnancy loss. J of Repro Medicine, 2021. PMCID: 33665141.
  • Shapiro A, Kroener L, Quinn M.Expanded carrier screening for recessively-inherited disorders: Economic burden and factors in decision-making when one individual in a couple is identified as a carrier. J Assist Reprod Genet., 2021 Jan 27. PMCID: 33501564.
  • Sonni I, Lee-Felker S, Memarzadeh S, Quinn MM, Mona CE, Lückerath K, Czernin J, Calais J.68Ga-FAPi-46 diffuse bilateral breast uptake in a patient with cervical cancer after hormonal stimulation. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Mar;48(3):924-926. doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04947-z. Epub 2020 Jul 10. PMID: 32651662.
  • Lai T, Manrriquez E, Neal AS, Memarzadeh S. Matched sequential tumor molecular profiling in solid malignancies may impact clinical practice. Cancer Genet. 2021 Apr;252-253:73-79. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2020.12.008. Epub 2020 Dec 31. PMID: 33434795
  • Yan F, Wei SH, Konecny GE, Memarzadeh S, Suh RD, Sayre J, Lu DS, Raman SS. Image-Guided Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Oligometastatic Ovarian and Non-Ovarian Gynecologic Tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 May;32(5):729-738. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.01.270. Epub 2021 Feb 16. PMID: 33608192.
  • Y-C Wang, X Wang, J Yu, F Ma, Z Li, Y Zhou, S Zeng, X Ma, Y Li, A Neal, J Huang, A To, N Clarke, S Memarzadeh, M Pellegrini, and L Yang. Targeting Monoamine Oxidase A-Regulated TAM Polarization for Cancer Immunotherapy. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 10;12(1):3530. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23164-2. PMID: 34112755; PMCID: PMC8192781.
  • Liou SS, Memarzadeh S, Dry SM, Graham RP, Moatamed NA. A rare case of vulvar extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: mimics and diagnostic clues. Autops Case Rep. 2021 Aug 20;11:e2021322. doi: 10.4322/acr.2021.322. PMID: 34458187; PMCID: PMC8387072.
  • Chow L, Tsui BQ, Bahrami S, Masamed R, Memarzadeh S, Raman SS, Patel MK. Gynecologic tumor board: a radiologist's guide to vulvar and vaginal malignancies. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/s00261-021-03209-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34435227.
  • Nguyen M, Chan E, Markovic D, Nguyen TA, Sridhar A. Traditional or Technological? A Cross Sectional Survey of Oral Contraceptive Reminders in Young Adults- Accepted for publication March 2021 Sexual and Reproductive Health Care 
  • Backes FJ, Wei L, Chen, M…Salani, R, et al.  Phase I evaluation of lenvatinib and weekly paclitaxel in patients in with recurrent endometrial, ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.   Gynecol Oncol 2021, accepted for publication. PMID 34272090
  • Salani R, Liu JF. The American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 annual (virtual) meeting: A review and summary of selected abstracts. Gynecol Oncol 2021; doi:10.1016/j.ygyno2021.06.021. PMID 34210516
  • Bertozzi E, Bertozzi-Villa A, Padankatti S and Sridhar A. Outcomes assessment pitfalls: Challenges to quantifying knowledge gain in a sex education game- Accepted for publication for Gates Open Research (March 2021)
  • Blumberg D, Sridhar A, Lakshminrusimha S, Higgins RD, Saade G. COVID-19 Vaccine Considerations during Pregnancy and Lactation. Am J Perinatol. 2021 May;38(6):523-528. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726390. Epub 2021 May 1. PMID: 33932943