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How would you manage a patient with an incidental finding of 1 mm focus of high-grade serous carcinoma in the fallopian tube after TAHBSO was done for a benign broad ligament fibroid with negative pelvic washings?

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Gynecologic Oncology · Center of Hope
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Occult serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) lesions have been reported in 0.7-7.0% of BRCA mutation carriers undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy and invasive malignancy has been reported in 1-4% of cases.1 The reported incidence of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) in...

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