E-cadherin promotes tumorigenicity in human ovarian surface epithelium

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer in the Western world, but comparatively little is known about its development. Epithelial ovarian carcinomas are thought to originate in the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), i.e. the mesothelium covering the ovary, but experimental evidence...

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Main Author: Ong, Aldrich Dixon
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9760