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Culprit or Bystander? The Role of the Fallopian Tube in “Ovarian” High-Grade Serous Carcinoma

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The concurrence of intraepithelial high-grade neoplasia in the fallopian tube with metastatic implants has been taken as evidence of a tubal origin for high-grade serous pelvic carcinomas. In the current issue, Eckert and colleagues perform detailed genomic phylogenetic analyses and demonstrate that some cases of high-grade serous intraepithelial tubal neoplasia are metastatic implants and not precursor lesions. Cancer Discov; 6(12); 1309-11. ©2016 AACR.See related article by Eckert and colleagues, p. 1342.

Source: Cancer Discovery

DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-16-1197

Authors: Elizabeth M. Swisher, Rochelle L. Garcia, Mark R. Kilgore, Barbara M. Norquist

Institution: University of Washington

Language: English

Topic: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

Subfield: Reproductive Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance