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Tumors of the Female Genital Organs

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Tumors of the female genital organs are often biopsied or surgically resected, and thus form a significant part of surgical pathology material in most institutions. Invasive tumors and premalignant or borderline lesions are routinely graded, and in many instances the grade assigned by the pathologist is an important determinant of the treatment for these conditions.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Fang Fan MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytology) & Ivan Damjanov MD, PhD (Professor of Pathology)

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  1. School of Medicine, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas

    Ivan Damjanov MD, PhD (Professor of Pathology) & Fang Fan MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology) &  (Assistant Professor of Pathology)

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Fan, F., Damjanov, I. (2007). Tumors of the Female Genital Organs. In: Damjanov, I., Fan, F. (eds) Cancer Grading Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33751-7_10

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