Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis

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After censoring nontumor deaths, the 5- and 10-year actuarial survival rates were 98% for SBTs with noninvasive implants, 33% for SBTs with invasive implants, and 81% at 5 years and 71% at 10 years for MPSCs.Oct 31, 1996

Pubmed Data : Am J Surg Pathol. 1996 Nov ;20(11):1331-45. PMID: 8898837
Article Published Date : Oct 31, 1996
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis
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Borderline tumours of the ovary are not unfrequently subject to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Apr 30, 2013

Pubmed Data : Eur J Cancer. 2013 May ;49(8):1905-14. Epub 2013 Mar 13. PMID: 23490647
Article Published Date : Apr 30, 2013
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Cancer Metastasis, Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis
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Serous borderline tumors (SBTs) of the ovary may be benign. Aug 31, 2002

Pubmed Data : Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 Sep ;26(9):1111-28. PMID: 12218568
Article Published Date : Aug 31, 2002
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis
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Borderline ovarian tumors have been misdiagnosed as invasive cancer.Sep 30, 2013

Pubmed Data : Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2013 Oct ;23(8):1376-82. PMID: 24257551
Article Published Date : Sep 30, 2013
Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis
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Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of borderline ovarian tumors.Dec 31, 2011

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Pubmed Data : Oncologist. 2012 ;17(12):1515-33. Epub 2012 Sep 28. PMID: 23024155
Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2011
Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis
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Patients may have ovarian lesions other than ovarian carcinomas which may be in conflict with study inclusion criteria.Oct 31, 2008

Pubmed Data : Pathologe. 2008 Nov ;29 Suppl 2:157-9. PMID: 18726596
Article Published Date : Oct 31, 2008
Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Ovarian Borderline Tumors (BOTs) , Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer: Overdiagnosis
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Angiogenic
Additional Keywords : Ovariectomy-Induced Changes
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Overdiagnosis

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