Clinicopathologic features of ovarian cancer in patients with ovarian endometrioma

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 872-877

  Kawaguchi, Ryuji ^a   Tsuji, Yoriko ^a   Haruta, Shoji ^a   Kanayama, Seiji ^a   Sakata, Mariko ^a   Yamada, Yoshihiko ^a   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^b   Saito, Hitomi ^c   Tsuneto, Keiji ^d   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO SECOND RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Higashiosaka City General Hospital   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Malignant transformation; Natural history; Ovarian cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DANAZOL; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY CANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 52049083917     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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