Open AccessEpithelial–mesenchymal transition in serous and mucinous epithelial tumors of the ovary
Author(s) -
Geet Bhuyan,
Rashmi Arora,
Charanjeet Ahluwalia,
Preeti Sharma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_35_18
Subject(s) - serous fluid , vimentin , serous cystadenoma , mucinous cystadenoma , pathology , medicine , epithelial–mesenchymal transition , malignancy , ovary , metastasis , immunohistochemistry , ovarian cancer , cancer
The concept of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer origin, progression, and metastasis is of recent origin and not fully understood. So far, many cell culture studies have been done to investigate the role of EMT in epithelial ovarian cancer, but only a few human studies have been conducted.