Recent Concepts of Ovarian Carcinogenesis: Type I and Type II

Type I ovarian tumors, where precursor lesions in the ovary have clearly been described, include endometrioid, clear cell, mucinous, low grade serous, and transitional cell carcinomas, while type II tumors, where such lesions have not been described clearly and tumors may develop de novo from the tu...

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Main Authors: Masafumi Koshiyama, Noriomi Matsumura, Ikuo Konishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/934261