Article
Genetic disparity between morphologically benign cysts contiguous to ovarian carcinomas and solitary cystadenomas.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 2 Aug 1995
Zheng J, Benedict W F, Xu H J, Hu S X, Kim T M, Velicescu M, Wan M, Cofer K F, Dubeau L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ovarian carcinomas occasionally contain large, histologically benign cysts contiguous to the clearly malignant areas (cystadenocarcinomas). The question of whether such cysts are remnants of pre-existing benign tumors (cystadenomas) or constitute integral components of the carcinomas...
Topics
- Carcinoma
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Cystadenocarcinoma
- Cystadenoma
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mutation
- Ovarian Cysts
- Ovarian Neoplasms