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Microsatellite analysis of endometriosis reveals loss of heterozygosity at candidate ovarian tumor suppressor gene loci.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1996
Jiang X, Hitchcock A, Bryan E J, Watson R H, Englefield P, Thomas E J, Campbell I G
Abstract excerpt
Endometriosis is a very common gynecological condition in which tissue similar to endometrium proliferates at sites outside the uterine cavity, most commonly the ovary. Although it generally remains a benign condition, malignant transformation has been documented. and it is commonly found in association with endometrioid subtype ovarian cancer. Tumor suppressor genes are commonly altered in ovarian cancers, and...
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