BACKGROUND Epithelial ovarian cancer is associated with reproductive factors, but we lack knowledge if hormonal factors during pregnancy influence the mother's risk. Because pregnancy hormones are primarily produced by the placenta, placental weight may be an indirect marker of hormone exposure during pregnancy. METHODS In a nationwide Swedish cohort study, we included women with singleton bi...

DESPITE SIGNIFICANT UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENETIC MUTATIONS INVOLVED IN OVARIAN EPITHELIAL CANCER AND ADVANCES IN GENOMIC APPROACHES FOR EXPRESSION AND MUTATION PROFILING OF TUMOR TISSUES, SEVERAL KEY QUESTIONS IN OVARIAN CANCER BIOLOGY REMAIN ENIGMATIC: the mechanism for the well-established impact of reproductive factors on ovarian cancer risk remains obscure; cell of origin of ovarian cancer ...

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We studied the susceptibility of primary ovarian cancer cells to oncolytic adenoviruses. Using gene expression profiling of cancer cells either resistant or susceptible to viral oncolysis, we discovered that the epithelial phenotype of ovarian cancer represents a barrier to infection by commonly used oncolytic adenoviruses targeted to coxsackie-adenovirus receptor or CD46. Specifically, we foun...

Ovarian cancer is a highly lethal disease with metastases present in the majority of patients at the time of diagnosis. The molecular mechanisms underlying the metastatic process of this cancer are not well understood. One family of cell-associated and secreted glycoproteins, the mucin glycoproteins, has been implicated in events leading to metastasis of several epithelial cancers including gas...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between consumption of preserved foods and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women. METHODS A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident epithelial ovarian cancer patients and 500 controls, with a mean age 59 years. Information on habitual food...

Ovarian neoplasms consist of several histopathologic entities, and treatment depends on the specific tumor type. Epithelial ovarian cancer comprises most malignant ovarian neoplasms (~ 80%)1; however, other less-common pathologic subtypes must be considered in treatment guidelines. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Ovarian Cancer discuss epithelial ovarian ...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy influences subsequent maternal ovarian cancer risk. To date, there is limited evidence whether two characteristics of pregnancy, gestational age and birth weight, could modify risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 1.1 million Swedish women who delivered singleton births between 1973 and 2001. Information on infant gestational age and birth weight was abstracted from the ...

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the sixth most common cancer in females worldwide and, although advances have been made in the detection, diagnosis and therapies for EOC, it remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in advanced countries. Nevertheless, relatively little is known concerning the molecular events that lead to the development of this highly aggressive disease. Elucidating t...