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Evidence for the multifocal origin of bilateral and advanced human serous borderline ovarian tumors.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 1998
Lu K H, Bell D A, Welch W R, Berkowitz R S, Mok S C
Abstract excerpt
Borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs), or ovarian tumors of low malignant potential, represent a distinct category of epithelial ovarian neoplasms that have a clinically more favorable outcome than invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Histologically, BOTs and invasive ovarian carcinomas both show cellular proliferation and pleomorphism, but unlike invasive ovarian carcinomas, BOTs lack stromal invasion. Although serous...
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