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SUBMITTER: Desai A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4267287 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Desai Arpita A Xu Jingyao J Aysola Kartik K Qin Yunlong Y Okoli Chika C Hariprasad Ravipati R Chinemerem Ugorji U Gates Candace C Reddy Avinash A Danner Omar O Franklin Geary G Ngozi Anachebe A Cantuaria Guilherme G Singh Karan K Grizzle William W Landen Charles C Partridge Edward E EE Rice Valerie Montgomery VM Reddy E Shyam P ES Rao Veena N VN
World journal of translational medicine 20140401 1
Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecological cancer and the leading cause of death in the United States. In this article we review the diagnosis and current management of epithelial ovarian cancer which accounts for over 95 percent of the ovarian malignancies. We will present various theories about the potential origin of ovarian malignancies. We will discuss the genetic anomalies and syndromes that may cause ovarian cancers with emphasis on Breast cancer type 1/2 mutations. The pathol ...[more]