Cancer investigation

Cancer Invest · ISSN (print) 0735-7907 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2016
doi:10.3109/07357907.2016.1139716 ·PMID:26986692

Ovarian cancers diagnosed between 2000 and 2013 were examined and cases with and without endometriosis compared. Among 139 epithelial ovarian, there were 49 (35%) with endometriosis and 90 (65%) without endometriosis. Endometriosis associat…

review 2012
doi:10.3109/07357907.2012.681821 ·PMID:22530740

Inflammation plays a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinogenesis might be promoted through oxidative stress-induced increased genomic instability, aberrant methylation, and aberrant chromatin r…

review 2001
doi:10.1081/cnv-100104293 ·PMID:11486708

Female hormones, especially estrogens, play an important role in the pathogenesis of breast neoplasms and are a principal determinant of their biological behavior. Endocrine manipulation through medical or surgical means can often lead to o…