Volume 23, Issue 5-6 204715 pp. 377-387
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The Continuum of Serous Tumors of Low Malignant Potential and Low-Grade Serous Carcinomas of the Ovary

Kwong-Kwok Wong

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Kwong-Kwok Wong

Department of Gynecologic Oncology The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX, USA , mdanderson.org

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David Gershenson

David Gershenson

Department of Gynecologic Oncology The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX, USA , mdanderson.org

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First published: 05 June 2013
Citations: 20

Abstract

The role of serous tumors of low malignant potential (LMP) in the development of invasive epithelial cancer of the ovary is debatable. This review summarizes the current clinical, genetic, and genomic evidence for the existence of a continuum comprising both LMP serous tumors and low-grade serous ovarian carcinomas.

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