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Getting to Know Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Opportunities for Targeted Therapy-Based Translational Research

More than one third of ovarian cancer patients present with ascites at diagnosis, and almost all have ascites at recurrence. The presence of ascites correlates with the peritoneal spread of ovarian cancer and is associated with poor disease prognosis. Malignant ascites acts as a reservoir of a compl...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Nuzhat, Stenvers, Kaye L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24093089
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2013.00256