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SUBMITTER: Jin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4181630 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jin Ying Y Li Yan Y Pan Lingya L
OncoTargets and therapy 20140923
Clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCC) of the ovary accounts for 10% of epithelial ovarian cancer and is a distinct entity from other epithelial ovarian carcinomas. It arises from the endometriosis. CCC has specific biological and clinical behavior. Compared with other histological types, CCC shows a chemoresistant phenotype, which leads to poorer prognosis. Thus, development of new target-based therapies remains an unmet need for these patients. Mutations in the gene ARID1A have been found to occur in ...[more]