Open AccessOVARIAN METASTATIC TUMORS – A LITERATURE REVIEW
Author(s) -
Nicolae Bacalbaşa,
A. Traistaru,
Irina Bălescu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-606X
pISSN - 1220-5478
DOI - 10.37897/rmj.2015.2.6
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , cervix , oncology , metastatic breast cancer , pathology , ovary , ovarian tumor , ovarian carcinoma , cancer , breast cancer
Ovarian metastatic tumors represents up to 10% of all ovarian malignancies. The most encountered tumors which may give birth to ovarian cancer are those originating from the gastric tube; however, other malignancies such as breast, cervix, lung or even skin may be associated with ovarian metastatic tumors. This is a literature review of the most frequently seen ovarian metastatic tumors.