Predictive and prognostic protein biomarkers in epithelial ovarian cancer: Recommendation for future studies

Cancers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 913-954

  le Page, Cécile ^a   Huntsman, David G ^b,c   Provencher, Diane M ^a,d   Mes Masson, Anne Marie ^a,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CASPASE; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; CYCLINE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM COMPLEX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P57; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 79952264074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers2020913     Document Type: Review

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