New insights on the pathogenesis of ovarian carcinoma: Molecular basis and clinical implications

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 582-586

  Gadducci, Angiolo ^a   Guerrieri, Maria Elena ^a   Riccardo Genazzani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARID1A; BRAF; KRAS; ovarian carcinoma; p53 signature; PTEN; serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; B RAF KINASE INHIBITOR; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; K RAS PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53;

ADVANCED CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863882834     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2011.649595     Document Type: Review

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