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Mucinous ovarian carcinoma: Slippery business
Author(s) -
Soslow Robert A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25453
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudomyxoma peritonei , mucinous carcinoma , ovary , ovarian carcinoma , appendix , gynecologic oncology , general surgery , oncology , pathology , gynecology , ovarian cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer , paleontology , biology
The belief that ovarian mucinous carcinomas are common, clinically unpredictable and often associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei is outmoded. A study from the Gynecologic Oncology Group, published in this edition, makes the case that high‐stage mucinous tumors involving the ovary frequently represent metastases from extraovarian primary sites, are often misdiagnosed, and behave virulently.