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FAMILIAL CARCINOMA OF THE OVARY CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Philipp E.E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10584.x
Subject(s) - ovary , cystadenocarcinoma , ovarian cancer , medicine , mucinous cystadenocarcinoma , ovarian carcinoma , gynecology , carcinoma , oncology , cancer , general surgery
Summary A patient was successfully treated by surgery, progestogens and chlorambucil for a poorly differentiated cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary. Four of her relatives had died of ovarian cancer; it was ascertained that two of them also had poorly differentiated cystadenocarcinoma.