Histologic transformation of benign endometriosis to early epithelial ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-244

  Sainz De La Cuesta, Ricardo ^a,b   Eichhorn, John H ^a   Rice, Laurel W ^a   Fuller Jr , Arlan F ^a   Nikrui, Najmosama ^a   Goff, Barbara A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343618377     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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