Ovarian cancer prevention and screening

U Menon, C Karpinskyj… - Obstetrics & …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Financial Disclosure Prof. Menon has stock ownership and has received research funding
from Abcodia Ltd, a UCL spinout company with an interest in biomarkers and commercial …

Tumor-associated macrophages and ovarian cancer: implications for therapy

D Schweer, A McAtee, K Neupane, C Richards… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ovarian cancer is a highly lethal female malignancy with high rates of
advanced stage and recurrent disease. Ovarian cancer is characterized as poorly …

Risk of peritoneal carcinomatosis after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

MP Steenbeek, MHD Van Bommel, J Bulten… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE After risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant
(PV) carriers have a residual risk to develop peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). The etiology of …

The fallopian tube,“precursor escape” and narrowing the knowledge gap to the origins of high-grade serous carcinoma

TR Soong, BE Howitt, N Horowitz, MR Nucci… - Gynecologic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most ovarian carcinomas are high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC) that contain TP53
mutations, present at advanced stage, and eventually become resistant to chemotherapy …

Hereditary Ovarian Carcinoma: Cancer Pathogenesis Looking beyond BRCA1 and BRCA2

D Samuel, A Diaz-Barbe, A Pinto, M Schlumbrecht… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Besides BRCA1 and BRCA2, several other inheritable mutations have been identified that
increase ovarian cancer risk. Surgical excision of the fallopian tubes and ovaries reduces …

Occult and subsequent cancer incidence following risk-reducing surgery in BRCA mutation carriers

M Zakhour, Y Danovitch, J Lester, BJ Rimel… - Gynecologic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To report the frequency and features of occult carcinomas and the incidence of
subsequent cancers following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA …

Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas associated with high‐grade serous ovarian carcinomas: a systematic review

F Chen, K Gaitskell, MJ Garcia… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STIC s) have been documented in high‐
grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOC s). However, the rate of association between …

Prophylactic salpingectomy for the prevention of ovarian cancer: Who should we target?

J Kotsopoulos, SA Narod - International journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ovarian cancer is the most fatal gynecologic malignancy (50% 5‐year survival) due to a
typically advanced stage at diagnosis and a high rate of recurrence. Chemoprevention …

The fallopian tube as origin of ovarian cancer: Change of diagnostic and preventive strategies

S Kyo, N Ishikawa, K Nakamura… - Cancer medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death in the world, and its
prevention and early diagnosis remain the key to its treatment, especially for high‐grade …

Serous tubal intra‐epithelial carcinoma: what do we really know at this point?

R Vang, IM Shih - Histopathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Serous tubal intra‐epithelial carcinoma (STIC) is the earliest morphologically recognisable
step in the development of invasive high‐grade serous carcinoma of the fallopian tube …