abstract: Natural history and outcome of mucinous carcinoma of the ovary (women dx'd 1988 to 2007)

Blogger's Note: this conclusion therefore begs an obvious question

OBJECTIVE:

We performed a population-based analysis to compare the clinical characteristics of women with mucinous tumors with women with other epithelial tumors. (SEER stats)

 CONCLUSION:

Although survival for early-stage mucinous and serous tumors is similar, survival for advanced-stage mucinous neoplasms is inferior to that of serous carcinomas.