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Field cancerization: why late "recurrent" ovarian cancer is not recurrent.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 1998
Buller R E, Skilling J S, Sood A K, Plaxe S, Baergen R N, Lager D J
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OBJECTIVE: Late "recurrence" of ovarian cancer may result from either regrowth of dormant tumor cells or from development of a new cancer caused by the phenomenon of field cancerization. Clinically, some recurrent ovarian cancers show the same therapeutic sensitivities to chemotherapy and surgery as did the primary disease, whereas others are refractory to all therapy. We hypothesize that recurrent ovarian...
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