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Potential criteria for cohort selection in chemoprevention trials of epithelial ovarian cancer
Author(s) -
Baker Vicki V.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.240590934
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , biomarker , oncology , cohort , infertility , disease , cancer , epithelial ovarian cancer , menarche , menopause , ovulation , gynecology , biology , hormone , pregnancy , genetics
Epithelial ovarian cancer is a heterogenous disease. Epidemiologic studies have identified risk factors for this disease including advanced age, nulliparity, history of infertility, early age at menarche, late age at menopause, and perhaps ovulation induction. Cohort selection that includes women who have potential precursor lesions and alterations of select biomarkers may prove useful in the design of chemoprevention trials of epithelial ovarian cancer. Nuclear morphometry, specific genetic alterations, and markers of proliferation and differentiation may be useful biomarker to monitor the efficacy of specific interventions.