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Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetics of Endometrial Carcinoma, Carcinosarcoma, and Uterine Sarcomas

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Abstract

Molecular pathology and genetics are the subject of increasing focus since they are providing a link between etiologic factors and the heterogeneity of clinicopathologic manifestations that have been covered in the preceding chapters. In endometrial cancer, two divergent pathways have been delineated that may be thought as analogous to the hormone-dependent and -independent subtypes in breast and prostate cancers. The subtypes of endometrial adenocarcinoma reflect differences in the dysregulation of hormone-dependent and -independent pathways and may be subject to increasing manipulation described in Chapters 6 and 15. Knowledge on alterations in sarcomas will hopefully lead to advances in diagnosis and therapy that are urgently needed in women where spread beyond the uterus has occurred.

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