title: The prognostic significance of grading in borderline mucinous tumors of the ovary.
abstract: Fifty-three stage I borderline mucinous tumors of the ovary were placed into four histologic grades according to a simple system of grading based on degree of cell layering, nuclear characteristics, and mitotic count. Three patients died of recurrence and spread of their tumors. All three patients had grade 4 tumors, suggesting that there may be some prognostic value in grading borderline mucinous ovarian tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sumithran
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Susil
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Looi
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis