Risk factors for recurrence in patients with virilizing ovarian tumors

Abstract

The paper presents the clinical, morphological, and immunohistochemical characteristics of virilizing ovarian tumors in 53 patients treated at the N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, from 1967 to 2010. The impact of the immu- nophenotype of virilizing ovarian tumor cells, clinical and morphological parameters, and performed treatment on the risk of recurrence has been studied in patients with virilizing ovarian tumors.

Keywords

• virilizing ovarian tumors
• virilization
• hormone-producing tumors