Mucinous ovarian tumors associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei of adenomucinosis type: Immunohistochemical evidence that they are secondary tumors

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Ferreira, C R ^a   Carvalho, J P ^a   Soares, F A ^b   Siqueira, S A C ^a   Carvalho, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Appendix; Epithelial tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal type tumors; Mucinous tumors; Ovarian tumors; Pseudomyxoma peritonei; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; GENE PRODUCT; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; KERATIN-20; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38049030750     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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