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Establishment, characterization and downstream application of primary ovarian cancer cells derived from solid tumors.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sueblinvong Thanasak, Ghebre Rahel, Iizuka Yoshie, Pambuccian Stefan E, Isaksson Vogel Rachel, Skubitz Amy P N, Bazzaro Martina
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of the gynecological diseases and the fifth cause of cancer death among American women. This is mainly due to the lack of prognostic tools capable of detecting early stages of ovarian cancer and to the high rate of resistance to the current chemotherapeutic regimens. In this scenario the overall 5-year survival rate for ovarian cancer patients diagnosed at late stage is less than...
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