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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
Endometrial and ovarian carcinomas with undifferentiated components: clinically aggressive and frequently
Laura J Tafe1, Karuna Garg, Ivy Chew
1Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Abstract:
Carcinomas of the endometrium and ovary with undifferentiated components are uncommon neoplasms that are likely underdiagnosed. They are important to recognize as they have been shown to be clinically aggressive. We identified 32 carcinomas with undifferentiated components as defined by Silva and co-workers, 26 endometrial and 6 of ovarian origin. The patient age ranged from 21 to 76 years (median 55); 40% of patients were
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