Microscopic Benign and Invasive Malignant Neoplasms and a Cancer-Prone Phenotype in Prophylactic Oophorectomies

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of approximately 5% of common epithelial malignant tumors of the ovary can be traced to inheritance of risk. One prophylactic strategy to decrease the probability of development of disease in individuals within families where this mendelian-dominant pattern of occurrence i... View More