Ovarian Cancer

Researchers from Yale University detail findings in ovarian cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 14th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Kallikreins, a subgroup of the serine protease enzyme family, are considered important prognostic biomarkers in cancer. Here, we sought to determine the prognostic value of kallikrein 7 (hk7) in ovarian cancer using a novel method of compartmentalized in situ protein analysis."

"A tissue array composed of 150 advanced-stage ovarian cancers, uniformly treated with surgical debulking followed by platinum-paclitaxel (Taxol) combination chemotherapy, was constructed. For evaluation of kallikrein 7 protein expression, we used an immunofluorescence-based method of automated in situ quantitative measurement of protein analysis...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-14)

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