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SUBMITTER: Tagawa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3253450 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of oncology 20111222
Ovarian cancer is a common cause of cancer mortality in women with limited treatment effectiveness in advanced stages. The limitation to treatment is largely the result of high rates of cancer recurrence despite chemotherapy and eventual resistance to existing chemotherapeutic agents. The objective of this paper is to review current concepts of ovarian carcinogenesis. We will review existing hypotheses of tumor origin from ovarian epithelial cells, Fallopian tube, and endometrium. We will also r ...[more]