Incidental diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma during prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA2 mutation carrier

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1413-1414

  Peyton Jones, Ben ^a   Olaitan, Adeola ^a   Murdoch, John B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; WARFARIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASTECTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA2; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036910060     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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