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Pathology of the ovary

1991; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 3; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00001703-199108000-00021

1473-656X

Larry McGowan,

Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

Recent medical articles on pathology of the ovary have contributed to a better understanding of ovarian cancer. Postmenopausal women with ovarian neoplasms, especially bilateral ones, are at great risk that they are malignant. Methods for histologic and frozen-section sampling of ovarian neoplasms may vary from one pathology laboratory to another. Primary peritoneal cancer is a distinct clinical entity and all physicians operating on women with pelvic cancers should be alert for its presence. Serum CA 125 analysis may be of value in determining whether to carry out a second-look operation in women with epithelial ovarian cancer. The influence of rupture of the capsule of epithelial ovarian tumors, hydronephrosis, and disease limited to the ovaries and survival are discussed.