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Reporting of myometrial invasion by endometrial cancer
Author(s) -
TEMPLETON A. C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1982.tb02767.x
Subject(s) - myometrium , endometrium , endometrial cancer , penetration (warfare) , uterus , adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , medicine , gynecology , pathology , cancer , obstetrics , mathematics , operations research
The depth of penetration through the myometrium is an important feature in assessing the prognosis and therapy of adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. This is usually reported as a percentage figure and measured microscopically on a conventional microscopic block. Some potential defects in this method are examined. Depth of penetration is more reliably expressed as the amount of remaining uninvaded mvometrium, and is most readily visualized on a whole mount transverse section.