Vol. XXXI, no. 2, 2010 ISSN: 0392-2936 european journal of gynaecological oncology an International Journal Founding Editor A. Onnis Montréal (Canada) Editors-in-Chief M. Marchetti P. Bo ´´sze Montréal (Canada) Budapest (Hungary) Associate Editor T. Maggino Padua (Italy) Assistant Editor J. Wilson San Diego - CA (USA) Editorial Board Publishing Organization (M. Morsani): I.R.O.G. CANADA, Inc. - 4900 Côte St-Luc - Apt # 212 - Montréal, Qué. H3W 2H3 (Canada) Tel. +514-4893242 - Fax +514-4854513 - E-mail: canlux@mgroup-online.com - www.irog.net Editorial Office (M. Critelli): Galleria Storione, 2/A - 35123 Padua (Italy) - Tel. (39) 049 8756900 - Fax (39) 049 8752018 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY (ISSN 0392-2936) publishes original peer reviewed works in the fields of female genital cancers and related subjects and also proceedings of gynecologic oncology society meetings all over the world. The Journal is covered by CURRENT CONTENTS, SCISEARCH, RESEARCH ALERT, INDEX MEDICUS, MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CURRENT ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH, BIOSIS. Allen H.H., London, Ontario (Canada) Ayhan A., Ankara (Turkey) Balat O., Graziantep (Turkey) Ba ˘nceanu G., Bucarest (Romania) Basta A., Krakow (Poland) Bender H.C., Dusseldorf (Germany) Charkviani T., Tbilisi (Georgia) Chiarelli S., Padua (Italy) De Oliveira C.F., Coimbra (Portugal) Dexeus S. Jr., Barcelona (Spain) Di Paola G.R., Buenos Aires (Argentina) Di Re F., Milan (Italy) Di Saia P., Orange, CA (USA) Elit L., Hamilton (Canada) Friedrich M., Hamburg (Germany) Geisler H.E., Indianapolis, IN (USA) Gorins A., Paris (France) Heintz A.P.M., Utrecht (The Netherlands) Ioannidou-Mouzaka L., Athens (Greece) Jordan J.A., Birmingham, England (UK) Klastersky J., Bruxelles (Belgium) Kubista E., Vienna (Austria) Lee Y.S., Daegu (South Korea) Markowska J., Poznan (Poland) Marth C., Innsbruck (Austria) Massuger Leon F.A.G., Nijmegen (The Netherlands) Menczer J., Savyon (Israel) Monsonego J., Paris (France) Pálfalvi L., Budapest, (Hungary) Piura B., Beer Sheva (Israel) Piver S.M., Buffalo, NY (USA) Rakar S., Ljubljana (Slovenia) Shepherd J.H., London, England (UK) Smit B.J., Tygerberg (South Africa) Stelmachów J., Warsaw (Poland) Syrjänen K., Turku (Finland) Tjalma W., Antwerpen (Belgium) Ungár L., Budapest (Hungary) Vermorken J.B., Edegem (Belgium) Wang P.H., Taipei (Taiwan) Winter R., Graz (Austria) Yokoyama Y., Hirosaki (Japan)