Mismatch repair protein deficiency in endometriosis: Precursor of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer in women with lynch syndrome

• Main Authors: Munekage Yamaguchi (Author), Yoshiki Mikami (Author), Maki Kusunoki (Author), Saori Yoshimura (Author), Takeshi Motohara (Author), Eiji Kondoh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: We aimed to elucidate the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer through the loss of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins in women with Lynch syndrome (LS) in this report. Case report: Two women with LS underwent surgery for synchronous endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. In both cases, immunohistoc...