Tendências Atuais em Oncologia Ginecológica

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A Brief Look at Fallopian Tube Cancer High-Grade Serous Carcinoma

Qi Wan Wan

The most common histologic subtype of epithelial ovarian carcinoma is thought to be closely related to fallopian tube and peritoneal serous carcinoma because of similarities in histology and how it behaves in patients. The fallopian tubes may be the source of all these carcinomas, according to some experts. In this topic review, these carcinomas will be discussed as a single clinical entity and referred to as epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) because of the similarities in their characteristics.