[HTML][HTML] Extracellular matrix in high-grade serous ovarian cancer: Advances in understanding of carcinogenesis and cancer biology

Y Brown, S Hua, PS Tanwar - Matrix Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is notoriously known as the “silent killer” of post-
menopausal women as it has an insidious progression and is the deadliest gynaecological …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the microenvironment in high grade serous ovarian cancer

NG Nwani, LE Sima, W Nieves-Neira, D Matei - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer–stroma interactions play a key role in cancer progression and response to standard
chemotherapy. Here, we provide a summary of the mechanisms by which the major cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular, cellular and systemic aspects of epithelial ovarian cancer and its tumor microenvironment

E Schoutrop, L Moyano-Galceran, S Lheureux… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer encompasses a heterogeneous group of malignancies that involve the
ovaries, fallopian tubes and the peritoneal cavity. Despite major advances made within the …

Ovarian cancer microenvironment: implications for cancer dissemination and chemoresistance acquisition

B Thibault, M Castells, JP Delord, B Couderc - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2014 - Springer
Ovarian adenocarcinoma is characterized by a late detection, dissemination of cancer cells
into the whole peritoneum, and the frequent acquisition of chemoresistance. If these …

[HTML][HTML] Peritoneal tumor spread in serous ovarian cancer-epithelial mesenchymal status and outcome

K Auer, A Bachmayr-Heyda, S Aust, N Sukhbaatar… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this study we aimed to analyze the biological mechanisms underlying apparently different
modes of peritoneal tumor spread in serous ovarian cancer: miliary (widespread, millet-like …

Fallopian tube initiation of high grade serous ovarian cancer and ovarian metastasis: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications

TM Bergsten, JE Burdette, M Dean - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy and the fifth leading cause of
cancer-related death in women. Although outcomes have improved in recent years, there …

Tumor microenvironment: The culprit for ovarian cancer metastasis?

Z Luo, Q Wang, WB Lau, B Lau, L Xu, L Zhao, H Yang… - Cancer letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite chemotherapy and surgical debulking options, ovarian cancer recurs and
disseminates frequently, with poor prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] The extracellular matrix in epithelial ovarian cancer–a piece of a puzzle

A Cho, VM Howell, EK Colvin - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women and
the most lethal gynecological malignancy. Extracellular matrix (ECM) is an integral …

[HTML][HTML] Complex determinants of epithelial: mesenchymal phenotypic plasticity in ovarian cancer

Y Klymenko, O Kim, MS Stack - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Unlike most epithelial malignancies which metastasize hematogenously, metastasis of
epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) occurs primarily via transcoelomic dissemination …

[HTML][HTML] Platinum-sensitive recurrence in ovarian cancer: the role of tumor microenvironment

J Chien, R Kuang, C Landen, V Shridhar - Frontiers in oncology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Despite several advances in the understanding of ovarian cancer pathobiology, in terms of
driver genetic alterations in high-grade serous cancer, histologic heterogeneity of epithelial …