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The oviduct and ovarian cancer: causality, clinical implications, and "targeted prevention".
Clinical obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Mar 2012
Crum Christopher P, McKeon Frank D, Xian Wa
Abstract excerpt
A novel origin for pelvic serous cancer (ovarian cancer) has been proposed in the distal oviduct. This has important implications, including both early detection in high-risk women and wisdom of relying on serological tests to detect a disease that begins so close to the peritoneal surfaces. With the recent discovery of premalignant disturbances in gene function in the tubal mucosa, the concept of targeted...
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