Kevin M. Elias

ORCID: 0000-0003-1502-5553 · 9 papers in corpus
2025
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-1355

BackgroundSerum miRNAs are potential biomarkers for ovarian cancer; however, many factors may influence miRNA expression. To understand potential confounders in miRNA analysis, we examined how sociodemographic factors and comorbidities, inc…

2025
CA: a cancer journal for clinicians ·doi:10.3322/caac.70008

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most common and aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer, accounting for approximately 70% of all ovarian cancer cases and contributing significantly to the high mortality rates associated with th…

other 2024
Frontiers in reproductive health ·doi:10.3389/frph.2024.1360417

INTRODUCTION: Prior studies have investigated the diagnostic potential of microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles for endometriosis. However, the vast majority of previous studies have only included adult women. Therefore, we sought to investi…

2022
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0677

BackgroundOvarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is a rare ovarian cancer histotype that tends to be resistant to standard platinum-based chemotherapeutics. We sought to better understand the role of DNA methylation in clinical and biological …

other 2022
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ·doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3817

PURPOSE: To identify molecular subclasses of clear cell ovarian carcinoma (CCOC) and assess their impact on clinical presentation and outcomes. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We profiled 421 primary CCOCs that passed quality control using a targeted…

article 2019
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.948
article 2018
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.1079
2017
eLife ·doi:10.7554/elife.28932

Recent studies posit a role for non-coding RNAs in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Combining small RNA sequencing from 179 human serum samples with a neural network analysis produced a miRNA algorithm for diagnosis of EOC (AUC 0.90; 95% CI…

article 2016
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.05.036

ObjectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics of patients with endosalpingiosis (ES) and examine its association with endometriosis and gynecologic malignancies.MethodsWe queried the medical record for patients who underwent gynecologic…