Significance of preoperative thrombocytosis in epithelial ovarian cancer
Author(s) -
JulianA Crasta,
TS Premlatha,
SunitiM Krishnan,
Elizabeth Vallikad,
Karuna Rameshkumar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.59184
Subject(s) - thrombocytosis , medicine , ovarian cancer , platelet , gastroenterology , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , pathology , oncology , biology , paleontology
Reactive thrombocytosis is reported in a variety of solid tumors. A few studies have documented preoperative thrombocytosis in ovarian cancer and identified it as a marker of aggressive tumor biology.
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