Getting to know ovarian cancer ascites: opportunities for targeted therapy- based translational research

More than one third of ovarian cancer patients present with ascites at diagnosis, and almost all have ascites at recurrence. The presence of ascites correlates with the peritoneal spread of ovarian cancer and is associated with poor disease prognosis. Malignant ascites acts as a reservoir of a comp...

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Main Authors: Nuzhat eAhmed, Kaye eStenvers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00256/full