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Malignant endometrioid cystadenofibroma of the ovary

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Malignant endometrioid cystadenofibroma is recognized as a distinct category of epithelial ovarian cancer and yet is rarely reported. Three patients from the University of North Carolina experience are described to emphasize similarities between this unusual tumor and common epithelial ovarian cancer with respect to clinical behavior, surgical staging, and treatment.

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Moore, D.H., Fowler, W.C. & Santrach, P.J. Malignant endometrioid cystadenofibroma of the ovary. Arch Gynecol Obstet 249, 153–156 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391582

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