Cell origins of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

J Kim, EY Park, O Kim, JM Schilder, DM Coffey… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
High-grade serous ovarian cancer, also known as high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC), is
the most common and deadliest type of ovarian cancer. HGSC appears to arise from the …

Pathogenesis and heterogeneity of ovarian cancer

PT Kroeger Jr, R Drapkin - Current Opinion in Obstetrics and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The fallopian tube secretory cell is the cell of origin for the majority of ovarian cancers.
Although it remains unclear what triggers neoplastic transformation of these cells, certain …

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 …

Cost-effectiveness of population-based BRCA1, BRCA2, RAD51C, RAD51D, BRIP1, PALB2 mutation testing in unselected general population women

R Manchanda, S Patel, VS Gordeev… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The cost-effectiveness of population-based panel testing for high-and moderate-
penetrance ovarian cancer (OC)/breast cancer (BC) gene mutations is unknown. We …

Risk‐reducing bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy in women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

GU Eleje, AC Eke, IU Ezebialu… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The presence of deleterious mutations in breast cancer 1 gene (BRCA1) or
breast cancer 2 gene (BRCA2) significantly increases the risk of developing some cancers …

Risk algorithm using serial biomarker measurements doubles the number of screen-detected cancers compared with a single-threshold rule in the United Kingdom …

U Menon, A Ryan, J Kalsi, A Gentry-Maharaj… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Cancer screening strategies have commonly adopted single-biomarker thresholds
to identify abnormality. We investigated the impact of serial biomarker change interpreted …

[HTML][HTML] Prophylactic salpingectomy in premenopausal low-risk women for ovarian cancer: primum non nocere

M Morelli, R Venturella, R Mocciaro, A Di Cello… - Gynecologic …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to compare ovarian function and surgical
outcomes between patients affected by benign uterine pathologies submitted to total …

Prophylactic salpingectomy and delayed oophorectomy as an alternative for BRCA mutation carriers

JS Kwon, A Tinker, G Pansegrau… - Obstetrics & …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is advised for women with BRCA
mutations, but there are adverse consequences of premature menopause. The majority of …

A cost-effectiveness analysis of multigene testing for all patients with breast cancer

L Sun, A Brentnall, S Patel, DSM Buist… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Moving to multigene testing for all women with breast cancer (BC) could identify
many more mutation carriers who can benefit from precision prevention. However, the cost …

Economic Evaluation of Population-Based BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Testing across Multiple Countries and Health Systems

R Manchanda, L Sun, S Patel, O Evans, J Wilschut… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Clinical criteria/Family history-based BRCA testing misses a large proportion of BRCA
carriers who can benefit from screening/prevention. We estimate the cost-effectiveness of …