γH2AX as a marker of DNA double strand breaks and genomic instability in human population studies

V Valdiglesias, S Giunta, M Fenech, M Neri… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2013 - Elsevier
DNA double strand breaks (DSB) are the gravest form of DNA damage in eukaryotic cells.
Failure to detect DSB and activate appropriate DNA damage responses can cause genomic …

The fallopian tube,“precursor escape” and narrowing the knowledge gap to the origins of high-grade serous carcinoma

TR Soong, BE Howitt, N Horowitz, MR Nucci… - Gynecologic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most ovarian carcinomas are high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC) that contain TP53
mutations, present at advanced stage, and eventually become resistant to chemotherapy …

High Frequency of PIK3R1 and PIK3R2 Mutations in Endometrial Cancer Elucidates a Novel Mechanism for Regulation of PTEN Protein Stability

LWT Cheung, BT Hennessy, J Li, S Yu, AP Myers… - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
We demonstrate that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway aberrations occur in>
80% of endometrioid endometrial cancers, with coordinate mutations of multiple PI3K …

Endometrial cancer

V Makker, H MacKay, I Ray-Coquard… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although endometrial cancer management remains challenging, a deeper understanding of
the genetic diversity as well as the drivers of the various pathogenic states of this disease …

A genetically engineered ovarian cancer mouse model based on fallopian tube transformation mimics human high‐grade serous carcinoma development

CA Sherman‐Baust, E Kuhn, BL Valle… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests that ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) originates
from the epithelium of the fallopian tube. However, most mouse models are based on the …

Evidence for lineage continuity between early serous proliferations (ESPs) in the Fallopian tube and disseminated high‐grade serous carcinomas

TR Soong, BE Howitt, A Miron… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The distal Fallopian tube is a site of origin for many 'ovarian'high‐grade serous carcinomas
(HGSCs) with intraepithelial carcinomas (STICs) that share identical TP53 mutations with …

Frequency of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma in various gynecologic malignancies: a study of 300 consecutive cases

S Tang, K Onuma, P Deb, E Wang… - International journal …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of
pelvic serous carcinoma. We hypothesized that, if this is the case, the frequency of STIC …

[HTML][HTML] p53 overexpression in morphologically ambiguous endometrial carcinomas correlates with adverse clinical outcomes

K Garg, MM Leitao Jr, CA Wynveen, GL Sica, J Shia… - Modern Pathology, 2010 - Elsevier
The distinction between uterine serous and endometrioid carcinomas can usually be
achieved by morphologic examination alone. However, there are occasional …

9 Endometrial Carcinoma

LHEBM Ronnett, RASRJ Zaino… - Blaustein's pathology of …, 2011 - books.google.com
Endometrial carcinoma is the most common invasive neoplasm of the female genital tract
and the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer in women in the USA. In 2008, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Back to the future? the fallopian tube, precursor escape and a dualistic model of high-grade serous carcinogenesis

TR Soong, DL Kolin, NJ Teschan, CP Crum - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Beginning with the discovery of the BRCA-associated ovarian cancer susceptibility genes
and subsequent detailed examination of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) …