Ovarian mucinous borderline tumors of intestinal type without intraepithelial carcinoma: Are they still tumors of low malignant potential?

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-424

  Nomura, Kouichi ^a   Aizawa, Shigeo ^a   Hano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological study; Low malignant potential; Mucinous borderline tumor; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYSTECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 3042559708     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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