Prognostic biomarkers in endometrial and ovarian carcinoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-331

  Matias Guiu, Xavier ^a   Davidson, Ben ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Endometrial carcinoma; Ovarian carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CATENIN; BEVACIZUMAB; BORTEZOMIB; CISPLATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FULVESTRANT; GESTAGEN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; K RAS PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TUMOR MARKER; UVOMORULIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897034375     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1509-y     Document Type: Review

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