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Immunophenotypic analysis of ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma: correlation with KRAS mutation and the presence of endometriosis.
Pathology - 1 Oct 2013
Stewart Colin J R, Walsh Michael D, Budgeon Charley A, Crook Maxine L, Buchanan Daniel B
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AIMS: The relationship between endometriosis and ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma (OEC) is well recognised but it is unclear whether endometriosis positive and negative OECs develop via similar pathogenetic mechanisms. MATERIALS: Sixty-seven low grade OECs (35 associated with endometriosis) were stained immunohistochemically for β-catenin, cyclin D1, BAF250a, PTEN, p53, WT1 and the mismatch repair (MMR)...
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