Junko Otsuka
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· 5 papers in corpus
· active 2003-2004
Study types
- article 4
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 4
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Frequent coauthors
- Akihiko Sekizawa 5
- Takashi Okai 5
- Hiroshi Saito 5
- Saito H 4
- Otsuka J 4
- Sekizawa A 4
- Satoshi Amemiya 4
- Okuda T 4
- Tetsuhiko Tachikawa 4
- Amemiya S 3
article
2004
Endometriosis shares some features characteristic of malignancy; however, it remains unclear whether endometriosis is a precursor to malignant disease. The objective is to determine the genetic relationship between endometriosis and ovarian…
article
2004
OBJECTIVES: To clarify the role of specific genetic alterations in the multi-step process of malignant transformation of endometriosis. METHODS: In cases of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma, we separated regions of normal endometriosis, atypi…
review
2004
Endometriosis is considered to be a possible precancerous disease. Pathologically, we observed malignant transformation of endometriosis to clear cell carcinoma or endometriotic carcinoma of the ovary, via the step of atypical endometriosis…
article
2004
Several genetic alterations have been associated with the malignant transformation from endometriosis to ovarian cancer. However, the role of each genetic alteration in this multi-step process of tumorigenesis has not been clarified. Region…
article
2003
ObjectiveAlthough ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) and ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EC) are considered to be closely related to endometriosis, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis of these two malignancies and malignant transfor…