Cytokines and Prognostic Factors in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Author(s) -
Millena Prata Jammal,
Agrimaldo Martins-Filho,
Thales Parenti Silveira,
Eddie Fernando Cândido Murta,
Rosekeila Simões Nomelini
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1179-5549
DOI - 10.4137/cmo.s38333
Subject(s) - immunostaining , immunohistochemistry , pathology , stroma , medicine , ovarian cancer , stromal cell , cancer
Ovarian cancer has a high mortality and delayed diagnosis. Inflammation is a risk factor for ovarian cancer, and the inflammatory response is involved in almost all stages of tumor development. Immunohistochemical staining in stroma and epithelium of a panel of cytokines in benign and malignant ovarian neoplasm was evaluated. In addition, immunostaining was related to prognostic factors in malignant tumors.
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