Modeling high-grade serous carcinoma: how converging insights into pathogenesis and genetics are driving better experimental platforms

PM Jones, R Drapkin - Frontiers in oncology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in the study of epithelial ovarian cancer have called into question the
traditional views regarding the site of tumor initiation. Histopathologic studies and genomic …

Modeling high-grade serous ovarian carcinogenesis from the fallopian tube

AM Karst, K Levanon, R Drapkin - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is a lethal disease for which improved
screening and treatment strategies are urgently needed. Progress in these areas is impeded …

Both fallopian tube and ovarian surface epithelium are cells-of-origin for high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma

S Zhang, I Dolgalev, T Zhang, H Ran, DA Levine… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The cell-of-origin of high grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) remains controversial,
with fallopian tube epithelium (FTE) and ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) both considered …

The origin of ovarian cancer species and precancerous landscape

IM Shih, Y Wang, TL Wang - The American journal of pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
Unlike other human cancers, in which all primary tumors arise de novo, ovarian epithelial
cancers are primarily imported from either endometrial or fallopian tube epithelium. The …

The conceptual advances of carcinogenic sequence model in high‑grade serous ovarian cancer

H Kobayashi, K Iwai, E Niiro, S Morioka… - Biomedical …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
The present review focuses on the current status of molecular pathology in high‑grade
serous cancer (HGSC) and preneoplastic conditions. This article reviews the English …

A study of high-grade serous ovarian cancer origins implicates the SOX18 transcription factor in tumor development

K Lawrenson, MAS Fonseca, AY Liu, FS Dezem… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Fallopian tube secretory epithelial cells (FTSECs) are likely the main precursor cell type of
high-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSOCs), but these tumors may also arise from ovarian …

Cellular models of development of ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma: A review of cell of origin and mechanisms of carcinogenesis

J Mei, H Tian, HS Huang, CF Hsu, Y Liou… - Cell …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common and malignant histological type
of epithelial ovarian cancer, the origin of which remains controversial. Currently, the …

Genomics of ovarian cancer progression reveals diverse metastatic trajectories including intraepithelial metastasis to the fallopian tube

MA Eckert, S Pan, KM Hernandez, RM Loth, J Andrade… - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Accumulating evidence has supported the fallopian tube rather than the ovary as the origin
for high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). To understand the relationship between …

Morphological and molecular basis of ovarian serous carcinoma

DG Rosen, Z Zhang, W Shan, J Liu - Journal of biomedical research, 2010 - Elsevier
Serous carcinoma is the most common type of epithelial ovarian cancer. In this review, we
provide a comprehensive picture of ovarian serous cancers from multiple aspects: the first …

Integrative analysis reveals early epigenetic alterations in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas

H Machino, A Dozen, M Konaka, M Komatsu… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most lethal gynecological
malignancy. To date, the profiles of gene mutations and copy number alterations in HGSOC …