Unmasking the Complexities of Mucinous Ovarian Carcinoma
Unmasking the Complexities of Mucinous Ovarian Carcinoma
M Frumovitz, KM Schmeler, A Malpica, AK Sood, DM Gershenson
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20100501
2010 Jun 1
Gynecol Oncol
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...