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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2010, Article ID 126295, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/126295
Review Article

Precursor Lesions of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: Morphological and Molecular Characteristics

Amy L. Gross,1 Robert J. Kurman,2 Russell Vang,2 Ie-Ming Shih,2 and Kala Visvanathan1,3

1Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
2Division of Gynecologic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
3Department of Medical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

Received 18 December 2009; Accepted 14 February 2010

Academic Editor: Tian-Li Wang

Copyright © 2010 Amy L. Gross et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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