Micropapillary serous carcinoma: The solution to the ovarian borderline tumor conundrum

Pathology Case Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Seidman, Jeffrey D ^a   Varallo, Marisa R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropapillary serous carcinoma; Ovarian neoplasms; Peritoneal implants; Serous borderline tumor; Serous carcinoma; Tumor classification

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; MICROPAPILLARY SEROUS CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 34548412672     PISSN: 10829784     EISSN: 15334015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCR.0b013e318125674e     Document Type: Review

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