The aim of the present study was to establish an ovarian cancer (OC) cell line from ascites of an ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma patient and investigate the biological characteristics of its side population (SP) cells. The OC cell line was established by isolating, purifying and subculturing primary cells from ascites of an ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma patient (stage IIIc; grade 3). SP ...

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Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against human ovarian mucinous and serous carcinoma were obtained by the Mab technique. Their reactivities against human tumors were tested by indirect immunofluorescence. One of the Mabs, named 4C7, derived from the spleen cells of mice immunized with mucinous carcinoma line OVA-1, reacted to ovarian mucinous carcinoma, endometrioid carcinoma, and mesonephroid carc...

OBJECTIVE Approximately 50% of human malignancies present with mutations in p53, which is the most common tumor suppressor gene involved with human malignancies. Bcl-2 is a protooncogene, and expression of its protein product is associated with a better prognosis in several malignancies. Ki-67 is a marker of cellular proliferation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether simultaneous...

We evaluated the diagnostic value of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 beta (HNF-1β) and napsin A for diagnosing ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemical EnVision was used to measure HNF-1β and napsin A expression in 38 cases of ovarian clear cell carcinoma, 30 cases of high-grade serous carcinoma, 22 cases of endometrioid adenocarcinoma, and 16 metastatic Krukenberg tumor cases. Then we fou...

Pancreatic serous cystadenomas are rare benign cystic neoplasms. Extended operations are unnecessary for serous cystadenomas and minimally invasive surgery should be performed. Laparoscopic pancreatic procedures are under evaluation. We present a case of a 79-year-old Greek woman with symptomatic cholelithiasis and a serous pancreatic cystadenoma located at the neck of the pancreas. In the occa...

The purpose of this article is to highlight the imaging features of cystic pancreatic tumors. Common cystic pancreatic tumors include serous microcystic adenomas, mucinous cystic tumors, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms and solid pseudopapillary tumors. These tumors have characteristic imaging features, especially on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MR cholangiopancreaticography exa...

Collision tumors represent occurrence of two histologically distinct tumors adjacently in the same organ without any admixture. The simultaneous occurrence of a serous adenocarcinoma with a mature teratoma is very rare. In this case report, we describe a rare case of bilateral serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary with bilateral mature teratoma and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma of the fal...