Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Kara C. Long, MD

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans St
Baltimore, MD
USA 21287


Biographical Sketch:
I am a 4th year fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at MSKCC. Additionally, I am pursuing a Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Weill-Cornell. I am collaborating with the Dept of Clinical Genetics at MSKCC for my thesis work on hereditary cancer syndromes in BRCA negative women. Recent on-topic publications: Long KC, Kauff ND. Hereditary ovarian cancer: recent molecular insights and their impact on screening strategies. Curr Opin Oncol. 2011."

Papers:
23 Preoperative patient stratification results in low rates of occult uterine malignancy in women undergoing uterine surgery and morcellation 206 Endometrial cancer survivor perspectives on weight loss and lifestyle modifications: a Uterine Cancer Action Network study 382 Under-utilization of minimally invasive surgery in the management of endometrial cancer: a Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-National Inpatient Sample study (HCUP-NIS) 384 Factors associated with successful bilateral sentinel lymph node mapping in endometrial cancer 458 Impact of perioperative fluid status on surgical outcomes in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer 461 Radical cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer in the United States: trends and associated factors over the past twenty years