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A dualistic model for endometrial carcinogenesis based on immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analyses.
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Pathologie - 1 Jan 1997
Lax S F, Kurman R J
Abstract excerpt
Clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analyses of endometrial carcinoma suggest different pathogenetic pathways for endometrioid and serous carcinoma. Most endometrioid carcinomas are associated with endometrial hyperplasia, are ER/PR positive, p53 negative and express low Ki-67. In contrast, almost all serous carcinomas develop from endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma (EIC) in a...
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