Unmasking the Complexities of Mucinous Ovarian Carcinoma

Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Jun 1;117(3):491-496, M Frumovitz, KM Schmeler, A Malpica, AK Sood, DM Gershenson

Abstract

Abstract

Objective: Most collaborative studies for the treatment of primary and recurrent ovarian cancer have grouped all epithelial ovarian cancers together, leading to a common therapeutic approach to all the different subtypes. Emerging data, however, support the hypothesis that primary mucinous ovarian cancers are unique histologically, molecularly, and clinically from other epithelial subtypes. The objective of our review was to identify and synthesize the most current information on mucinous ovarian...

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