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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Patients with a history of epithelial ovarian cancer presenting with a breast and/or axillary mass



Patients with a history of epithelial ovarian canc...[Gynecol Oncol. 2008] - PubMed Result

CONCLUSION:

The interval between EOC diagnosis and the breast and/or axilla event, an elevated CA125 level, and a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer may help differentiate patients with metastatic EOC to the breast and/or axilla from those patients with a second primary breast cancer. The presence of a metastatic EOC portends a poor prognosis.

(Note: EOC = Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma)

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