Article
Ovarian, peritoneal, and endometrial serous carcinoma: clonal origin of multifocal disease.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Mar 1996
Kupryjanczyk J, Thor A D, Beauchamp R, Poremba C, Scully R E, Yandell D W
Abstract excerpt
The clonality of disseminated serous carcinoma involving the ovary, peritoneum, and, occasionally, the endometrium is controversial. Histopathologic examination alone cannot unequivocally distinguish between a monoclonal origin and a multicentric origin. Two patients with peritoneal serous carcin...
Topics
- Aged
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous
- Endometrial Neoplasms
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Peritoneal Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
