Ovarian epithelial tumors of low malignant potential: Are they precursors of ovarian carcinoma?

Pathology International

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Fukumoto, Manabu ^a,b   Nakayama, Kentaro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borderline tumor; Low malignant potential; Molecular genetic analysis; Ovarian carcinoma; Ovarian epithelial tumors with low malignant potential

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; K RAS PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; ONCOGENE K RAS; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRECANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOMA; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645759727     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.01960.x     Document Type: Review

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