Peritoneal washing cytologic analysis of ovarian serous tumors of low malignant potential to detect peritoneal implants and predict clinical outcome

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 238-244

  Sneige, Nour ^a   Thomison, John B ^a   Malpica, Anais ^a   Gong, Yun ^a   Ensor, Joe ^a   Silva, Elvio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytologic analysis; Low malignant potential; Ovarian serous tumors; Peritoneal washing cytology; Tumor implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSALPINGIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY SEROUS TUMOR OF LOW MALIGNANT POTENTIAL; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL WASHING; PERITONEUM; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRECANCER; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868217471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21219     Document Type: Article

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