Yale University

Morphology of uterine papillary serous carcinoma precursor described

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, October 28th, 2004

Pathologists at Yale University have described the morphology of a precursor lesion to uterine papillary serous carcinoma.

"Dysplastic epithelium frequently bridges the changes between normal epithelium and noninvasive carcinoma. However, such a dysplastic lesion has not been previously described in the development of uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) or between resting endometrium and serous endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma (EIC), which is composed of indisputably malignant noninvasive cancer cells," wrote W.X. Zheng and colleagues.

They continued, "In this study, we hypothesize that there is a lesion bridging benign endometrium and...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2004-10-28)

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