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Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism arrays as a diagnostic tool in patients with synchronous endometrial and ovarian cancer.
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society - 1 Jun 2012
Ikeda Yuji, Oda Katsutoshi, Nakagawa Shunsuke, Murayama-Hosokawa Satsuki, Yamamoto Shogo, Ishikawa Shumpei, Wang Linghua, Takazawa Yutaka, Maeda Daichi, Wada-Hiraike Osamu, Kawana Kei, Fukayama Masashi, Aburatani Hiroyuki, Yano Tetsu, Kozuma Shiro, Taketani Yuji
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OBJECTIVE: Synchronous carcinomas in the endometrium and ovaries can be a single primary tumor with metastasis (SPM) or dual primary tumors (DP). Although the prognosis of DP without any metastases is significantly better than that of SPM, pathological diagnosis is difficult in tumors with similar histological features. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 10 tumors from 5 patients with synchronous endometrial and ovarian...
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