The Lack of Progress in Ovarian Cancer
Although the 5-year survival rate has notably improved for tumors that are not extremely aggressive, such as breast cancer, which...
Tubal cysts in the ovary-Abstract 1177
The authors believe that some ovarian cysts, PAX 8 + and Calretinin Neg., are of tubal origin. Therefore, this means that salpingectomy...
SPLITTERS VS LUMPERS
The distinction between splitters and lumpers has not been very significant until now, with advantages and disadvantages on either side....
Ovarian TCC is back!
In 1987, Austin and Norris wrote an important article showing the differences between malignant Brenner tumors and ovarian TCC. At the...
Why the fallopian tube is most probably not the origin of serous carcinoma of the ovary-Part 4-STIC
In 2003, Pieck published a study suggesting that BRCA 1 and 2 related ovarian cancers were of tubal origin. Based on this publication...
Why the fallopian tube is most probably not the origin of serous carcinoma of the ovary. Part 3
Physiopathology. One of the most important questions we need to answer is why the majority of papillary serous carcinomas of the ovary...
Why the fallopian tube is most probably not the origin of serous carcinoma of the ovary. Part 2-Stag
It is well known that classical fallopian tube carcinoma, characterized by a dominant mass in the fallopian tube, regardless whether...
Why the fallopian tube is most probably not the origin of serous carcinoma of the ovary. Part 1
The root of this theory was the finding of lesions in the fallopian tube epithelium in patients with BRCA mutations. Dr Crum suggested...
No fallopian tube, no problem, still primary. Really?
A group of prestigious Gyn pathologists published in 2015 (Modern Path 28,1101-1122) guidelines for assigning the site of origin of...