Day 8 A Month of Teal -Types of Ovarian Cancer Tumors

I never realized until the end of my treatment that there were different types of ovarian cancer (OC) tumors. My tumor type,  epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common at 95%.

Epithelial OC tumors come from the surface of the ovary. There are 5 subtypes of epithelial OC.

high grade Serous 70%

mucinous 3%

clear cell 10%

endometrioid 10%

low grade serous < 5%

Germ Cell Ovarian Cancer forms in the egg cells of the ovary.

Teratoma - Mature cystic terotoma, Immature teratoma

Mondermal teratoma

Dysgerminoma

yolk sac tumor

embryomal carcinoma

Choriocarcinoma

 

Sex Cord Stromal forms in the sex cord/ ovarian follicles

granulosa cell

Thecoma

Sertoli

Sertoli-Leydig

Fibroma / Fibrsarcoma

Sclerosing stromal

 

To learn more please visit these sources:  

Pathology and claissification of ovarian tumors 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.11345/pdf

 

New Insights into Ovarian Cancer Pathology

https://academic.oup.com/annonc/article/23/suppl_10/x111/205997/New-insights-into-ovarian-cancer-pathology 

 

John Hopkins Pathology website 

http://ovariancancer.jhmi.edu/typesca.cfm

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