Biomarkers of Ovarian Cancer Progression
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biomarkers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 788
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The clinical management of ovarian cancer is highly challenging for several reasons, such as high rates of late diagnosis and tumor recurrence. The five-year survival rate of ovarian cancer patients, which is about 45% in general and 30% for patients diagnosed with late-stage tumors, has changed very little over the past decade. Most patients undergo debulking surgery and platinum–paclitaxel combination chemotherapy. During and after the initial treatment, prognostic biomarkers with sensitivity and specificity are crucial when it comes to monitoring patients’ response to treatment and the progression or recurrence of ovarian cancer. Serum and tissue-based biomarkers have been investigated with the hope of developing clinical tools to assess or predict the development of ovarian cancer. Over the past ten years, many researchers have focused their efforts on researching this field, aiming to transform the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer and improve their survival rate.
In this Special Issue of Cancers, we invite experts in the field to contribute research papers that address our current understanding and challenges in the development of potential biomarkers for detecting the progression of ovarian cancer.
Dr. Yang Yang-Hartwich
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ovarian cancer
- biomarkers
- prognosis
- blood biomarkers
- tissue biomarkers
- tumor progression
- treatment response
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