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Ovarian tumorigenesis: a proposed model based on morphological and molecular genetic analysis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2004
Shih Ie-Ming, Kurman Robert J
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of ovarian carcinoma, the most lethal gynecological malignancy, is unknown because of the lack of a tumor progression model. Based on a review of recent clinicopathological and molecular studies, we propose a model for their development. In this model, surface epithelial tumors are divided into two broad categories designated type I and type II tumors that correspond to two main pathways of...
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