With Great Age Comes Great Metastatic Ability: Ovarian Cancer and the Appeal of the Aging Peritoneal Microenvironment
Age is one of the biggest risk factors for ovarian cancer. Older women have higher rates of diagnosis and death associated with the disease. In mouse models, it was shown that aged mice had greater tumor burden than their younger counterparts when intraperitoneally injected with ovarian tumor cells....
Main Authors: | Elizabeth I. Harper, Emma F. Sheedy, M. Sharon Stack |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-07-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/10/7/230 |
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