Ovarian endometriotic cysts have been identified as the possible origin of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), so predicting or preventing future transformation is important. Early detection of clear cell carcinoma is important because it …
PURPOSE: Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) has been reported to display different characteristics from other histological types of epithelial ovarian cancer, and especially differs from serous adenocarcinoma. We investigated plasmino…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the factors related to activation of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) at sites of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: TGF-beta1 is activated by plasmin, which is formed when plasminogen is activated by urokin…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in the biological characteristics of ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma based on the presence/absence of endometriosis and tumor proliferative activity. METHODS: Stage I ovarian clear cell adenocarcinom…
ObjectiveOvarian clear cell carcinoma is commonly associated with pelvic endometriosis. We retrospectively evaluated clinicopathological data on the association between ovarian clear cell carcinoma and pelvic endometriosis.MethodsBetween 19…