Ovarian cancer: a clinical challenge that needs some basic answers

Kate Lawrenson; Simon A Gayther

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000025

Ovarian cancer: a clinical challenge that needs some basic answers

PLoS Med. 2009 Feb 3;6(2):e25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000025.

Authors

Kate Lawrenson¹, Simon A Gayther

Affiliation

¹ Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratory, EGA UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.

Abstract

Kate Lawrenson and Simon Gayther discuss two studies of ovarian cancer inPLoS Medicine, one on clinico-pathological heterogeneity and one on gene expression profiling.

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / classification*
Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
Ovary / pathology
Prognosis

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor