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Friday, September 18, 2015

A national population-based study provides insight in the origin of malignancies metastatic to the ovary



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 A national population-based study provides insight in the origin of malignancies metastatic to the ovary Jolien Bruls, Michiel Simons,corresponding author Lucy I. Overbeek, Johan Bulten, Leon F. Massuger, and Iris D. Nagtegaal

 Introduction

Malignancies metastatic to the ovary are estimated to account for 5–30 % of all ovarian malignancies [18]. These most commonly originate from the colorectum, followed by endometrium, stomach, appendix, and breast [1, 2, 69]. Differentiating between a primary and metastatic malignancy of the ovaries can be complex as many metastatic carcinomas mimic primary ovarian carcinomas [9]. Mucinous ovarian carcinomas (MOC) are notoriously difficult to distinguish from metastatic adenocarcinomas, and as a consequence, the latter are often misdiagnosed as primary tumors [1013].....

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