Characteristics and prognostic significance of incidentally detected cancer cells in uterine specimens of patients with pelvic high-grade serous carcinoma.
Takeshi UshigusaHiroshi YoshidaIkumi KunoNaoki KojimaMitsuya IshikawaTomoyasu KatoPublished in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2020)
Our study showed a high rate of pelvic HGSC with ICCs in pre-treatment uterine specimens. The ICCs per se had no negative impact on survival outcomes of pelvic HGSC. Furthermore, uterine biopsy and cytology can be useful and less-invasive methods to obtain tubo-ovarian/peritoneal cancer cells before treatment.