title: The problem of late ovarian metastases from primary cervical adenocarcinoma.
abstract: •Ovarian metastases can occur after hysterectomy for cervical adenocarcinoma.•Cervical adenocarcinoma and ovarian metastases showed common genetic profiles.•Most likely mechanism is trans-tubal spread of neoplastic cells via ovarian stroma.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, Australia ; The Discipline of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Katie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ashton
authors.affiliation: Division of Anatomical Pathology, Pathology North (Hunter), New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scurry
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Australia ; The Royal Women's Hospital and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
authors.forename: Sepehr N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Australia ; The Royal Women's Hospital and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Garland
authors.affiliation: Hunter Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Otton
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, Australia ; The Discipline of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Nikola A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bowden
keywords: Cervical adenocarcinoma; Ovarian metastases; Whole genome copy number analysis