## Background: The objectives of the current study were to: 1) characterize the clinical outcome of patients with recurrent micropapillary serous ovarian carcinoma (mpsc) and 2) evaluate the survival impact of secondary cytoreductive surgery and other prognostic variables. ## Methods: Twenty-six
Treatment of micropapillary serous ovarian carcinoma (the aggressive variant of serous borderline tumors)
β Scribed by Jeffrey D. Seidman; Robert J. Kurman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
Ovarian serous borderline tumors recently were categorized into benign and malignant types. A subset of these tumors, termed βmicropapillary serous carcinoma (MPSC),β is reported to behave in a manner similar to lowβgrade carcinoma. In this issue of Cancer, Bristow et al. report their experience with 26 patients with recurrent MPSC.
See also pages 677β80 and pages 791β800.
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