title: Ovarian dysplasia. A study of identical twins.
abstract: The normal, identical twin sisters of patients who had been the subjects of ovarian cancer were subjected to prophylactic oophorectomy after the menopause. The finding of epithelial abnormality suggests a precancerous change similar to other genital epithelial dysplasia.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002369:Castration; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014427:Twins; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic