title: Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for ovarian tumors of low malignant potential (borderline ovarian tumors).
abstract: Since the early 1970s, the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics have classified borderline ovarian tumors as an independent group of ovarian epithelial tumors. A consensus statement of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup is reported.
authors.affiliation: *Kliniken-Essen-Mitte, AGO, Essen, Germany; †MD Andersen Cancer Center, GOG, Houston, TX; ‡Gustave Roussy, GINECO, Villejuif Cedex, France; §Université René Descartes, GINECO, Paris, France; ∥UCL Cancer Institute, MRC NCRI, London, United Kingdom; ¶CHUM-Notre-Dame Hospital, NCIC-CTG, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; #Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, MITO, Milan, Italy; **ANZGOG, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; ††University and University Hospital of Tampere, NSGO, Tampere, Finland; ‡‡Seoul National University, KGOG, Seoul, South Korea; §§University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, AGO, Hamburg, Germany; ∥∥University Hospital Kiel, AGO, Kiel, Germany; ¶¶UKGM, Marburg, AGO, Marburg, Germany; and ##Gynecologic Oncology Center, Kiel, AGO, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harter
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gershenson
authors.forename: Catherine
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authors.lastname: Lhomme
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lecuru
authors.forename: Jonathan
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authors.lastname: Ledermann
authors.forename: Diane M
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authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mezzanzanica
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Johanna
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authors.lastname: Maenpaa
authors.forename: Jae-Weon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahner
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hilpert
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: Jacobus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pfisterer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: du Bois
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical