Advertisement

Ovarian Cancer

Concomitant Benefits of an Auricular Acupressure Intervention for Women With Cancer on Family Caregiver Sleep Quality.

Jul 06, 2020

Sleep disturbance is a frequent and significant problem challenge for family caregivers of patients with cancer. A previously tested 6-week auricular acupressure intervention was found to reduce sympt...

Clinical outcomes of a genomic screening program for actionable genetic conditions.

Jul 02, 2020

Three genetic conditions-hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, Lynch syndrome, and familial hypercholesterolemia-have tier 1 evidence for interventions that reduce morbidity and mortality, pr...

Novel tetranuclear Pd and Pt anticancer complexes derived from pyrene thiosemicarbazones.

Jul 02, 2020

Cyclometallated palladium(ii) and platinum(ii) pyrenyl-derived thiosemicarbazone (H2PrR) complexes of the type [M4(μ-S-PrR-κ3-C,N,S)4] (M = PdII, PtII; R = ethyl, cyclohexyl) have been synthesised i...

Perioperative blood transfusion and ovarian cancer survival rates: A meta-analysis based on univariate, multivariate and propensity score matched data.

Jul 02, 2020

The negative impact of perioperative blood transfusion on survival outcomes has been reported in several cancer types. The purpose of the present study is to summarize existing evidence in ovarian can...

Cost-Effectiveness and Net Monetary Benefit of olaparib Maintenance Therapy Versus No Maintenance Therapy After First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Advanced BRCA1/2-Mutated Ovarian Cancer in the Italian National Health Service.

Jun 29, 2020

The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and net monetary benefit of olaparib maintenance therapy compared with no maintenance therapy after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy ...

A multicenter phase II randomized trial of durvalumab (MEDI-4736) versus physician's choice chemotherapy in recurrent ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (MOCCA).

Jun 29, 2020

The optimal treatment of recurrent ovarian clear cell carcinoma remains unknown. There is increasing rationale to support the role of immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the programmed cell death p...

Mitomycin C plus cisplatin for systemic treatment of recurrent BRCA1-associated ovarian cancer.

Jun 29, 2020

Background Previous studies on neoadjuvant therapy for BRCA1-driven ovarian cancer (OC) demonstrated higher efficacy of mitomycin C plus cisplatin combination as compared to standard drug schemes. The...

A single-cell landscape of high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Jun 25, 2020

Malignant abdominal fluid (ascites) frequently develops in women with advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) and is associated with drug resistance and a poor prognosis. To comprehensively ...

Cytoplasmic VDR expression as an independent risk factor for ovarian cancer.

Jun 25, 2020

The vitamin D receptor (VDR), primarily known as a crucial mediator of calcium homeostasis and metabolism, has been shown to play a significant role in various cancer entities. Previous studies have f...

LncRNA CDKN2BAS aggravates the progression of ovarian cancer by positively interacting with GAS6.

Jun 25, 2020

The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) CDKN2BAS in aggravating the progression of ovarian cancer via binding growth arrest-specific 6 (GAS6).The relative level...

Facile and label-free fluorescence sensing of β-galactosidase activity by graphene quantum dots.

Jun 22, 2020

β-Galactosidase (β-Gal), as a glycoside hydrolase, is closely associated with cell senescence and primary ovarian cancer. However, there is still lack of facile and rapid sensing approach to monitor...

Total extraperitoneal access for parietal peritonectomy for peritoneal surface malignancy: The 'cocoon' technique.

Jun 22, 2020

Complete surgical cytoreduction is the most important prognostic factor of survival in patients with peritoneal metastases from various cancers, including ovarian cancer. In order to achieve the optim...

YY1-induced lncRNA DSCR8 promotes the progression of ovarian cancer via miR-3192-5p/YY1 axis.

Jun 22, 2020

Ovarian cancer endangers the life of women worldwide. Plenty of lncRNAs have been found modulating the progression of ovarian cancer. Meanwhile, lncRNA DSCR8 (Down syndrome critical region 8) has been...

Immune profiling reveals prognostic genes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Jun 18, 2020

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is a heterogeneous disease with diverse clinical outcomes, highlighting a need for prognostic biomarker identification. Here, we combined tumor microenvironmen...

Serum cytokines and CXCR2: potential tumor markers in ovarian neoplasms.

Jun 18, 2020

The aim was to investigate the systemic levels of cytokines and the expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR2 in circulating neutrophils in patients with non-neoplastic ovarian lesions, benign neopla...

Upregulation of mesothelial genes in ovarian carcinoma cells is associated with an unfavorable clinical outcome and the promotion of cancer cell adhesion.

Jun 15, 2020

A hallmark of ovarian high grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is its early and massive peritoneal dissemination via the peritoneal fluid. It is generally believed that tumor cells must breech the mesotheli...

Rationale for opportunistic salpingectomy during gynecological surgery for a benign condition: a review of the available literature.

Jun 15, 2020

Recent discoveries have shed light on the benefits of opportunistic salpingectomy in the prevention of ovarian cancer. However, in this time of increasing interest in the parameters of ovarian reserve...

Orthogonal Proteomic Platforms and Their Implications for the Stable Classification of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Subtypes.

Jun 15, 2020

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) established a harmonized method for large-scale clinical proteomic studies. SWATH-MS, an instance of data-indep...

SPTBN1 suppresses the progression of epithelial ovarian cancer via SOCS3-mediated blockade of the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway.

Jun 11, 2020

SPTBN1 plays an anticancer role in many kinds of tumors and participates in the chemotherapeutic resistance of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Here, we reported that lower SPTBN1 expression was signi...

Highly expressed STAT1 contributes to the suppression of stemness properties in human paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancer cells.

Jun 11, 2020

Signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) is an important factor in various cellular processes. The cancer stem cell (CSC) is considered as a tumor-initiating cell that drives the inn...

SUBSPECIALTIES

Advertisement