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Serous Borderline Tumor (SBT)
D efinition — A proliferative serous tumor of the ovary conferring a small (less than 5%) risk of adverse outcome.
Clinical Features
Epidemiology
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The most common epithelial tumor of the ovary. Predominates in the fourth to sixth decades of life, but can be seen at virtually any age.
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These tumors can be associated with endometriosis but more often are seen as part of a continuum merging with müllerian ovarian cortical inclusions.
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There is no known relationship to BRCA, a familial syndrome or p53 mutations.
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