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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lim HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384518 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lim Hui Jun HJ Ledger William W
Women's health (London, England) 20160524 3
Among female-specific cancers worldwide, ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancy in the western world. Despite radical surgery and initial high response rates to first-line chemotherapy, up to 70% of patients experience relapses with a median progression-free survival of 12-18 months. There remains an urgent need for novel targeted therapies to improve clinical outcomes in ovarian cancer. This review aims to assess current understanding of targeted therapy in ova ...[more]