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Tracking the origin of simultaneous endometrial and ovarian cancer by next-generation sequencing - a case report.
BMC cancer - 19 Jan 2017
Valtcheva Nadejda, Lang Franziska M, Noske Aurelia, Samartzis Eleftherios P, Schmidt Anna-Maria, Bellini Elisa, Fink Daniel, Moch Holger, Rechsteiner Markus, Dedes Konstantin J, Wild Peter J
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BACKGROUND: Endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus and ovarian endometrioid carcinoma share many morphological and molecular features. Differentiation between simultaneous primary carcinomas and ovarian metastases of an endometrial cancer may be very challenging but is essential for prognostic and therapeutic considerations. CASE PRESENTATION: In the present case study of a 33 year-old patient we used targeted...
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