Diseases

Ovarian Epithelial Carcinoma

A malignant neoplasm that originates in cells on the surface EPITHELIUM of the ovary and is the most common form of ovarian cancer. There are five histologic subtypes: papillary serous, endometrioid, mucinous, clear cell, and transitional cell. Mutations in BRCA1, OPCML, PRKN, PIK3CA, AKT1, CTNNB1, RRAS2, and CDH1 genes are associated with this cancer.

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A malignant neoplasm that originates in cells on the surface EPITHELIUM of the ovary and is the most common form of ovarian cancer. There are five histologic subtypes: papillary serous, endometrioid, mucinous, clear cell, and transitional cell. Mutations in BRCA1, OPCML, PRKN, PIK3CA, AKT1, CTNNB1, RRAS2, and CDH1 genes are associated with this cancer.

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  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
  • Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma
  • Ovarian Cancer, Epithelial
  • Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
  • Cancer, Epithelial Ovarian
  • Cancer, Ovarian Epithelial
  • Carcinoma, Epithelial Ovarian
  • Epithelial Cancer, Ovarian
  • Epithelial Carcinoma, Ovarian
  • Epithelial Ovarian Cancers
  • Epithelial Ovarian Carcinomas
  • Ovarian Carcinoma, Epithelial
  • Ovarian Epithelial Cancers
  • Ovarian Epithelial Carcinomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with OVARIAN NEOPLASMS

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2019 (2010)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ovarian Epithelial Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077216. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077216
  2. Ovarian Epithelial Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103839148