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Evidence for a dualistic model of high-grade serous carcinoma: BRCA mutation status, histology, and tubal intraepithelial carcinoma.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Mar 2015
Howitt Brooke E, Hanamornroongruang Suchanan, Lin Douglas I, Conner James E, Schulte Stephanie, Horowitz Neil, Crum Christopher P, Meserve Emily E
Abstract excerpt
Most early adnexal carcinomas detected in asymptomatic women with germline BRCA mutations (BRCA) present as serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STIC). However, STICs are found in only ∼40% of symptomatic high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSCs) and less frequently in pseudoendometrioid variants of HGSC. Consecutive cases of untreated HGSC from BRCA and BRCA women with detailed fallopian tube examination (SEE-FIM...
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