Open AccessDiagnostic and Prognostic Significance of Ki-67 Immunohistochemical Expression in Surface Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Asha Mahadevappa,
Shruthi Mysore Krishna,
Manjunath Gubbanna Vimala
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24350.9381
Subject(s) - ki 67 , serous fluid , immunohistochemistry , medicine , pathology , malignancy , clear cell carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , serous carcinoma , population , ovarian carcinoma , carcinoma , mucinous carcinoma , clear cell , oncology , cancer , ovarian cancer , biology , adenocarcinoma , environmental health , paleontology
The Surface Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma (SEOC) at the moment of diagnosis, the disease is extended beyond the structures of the pelvis. Ki-67 is one of the prognostic marker which determines the growth fraction of a tumour and its over expression is associated with malignancy, tumour aggression, reserved prognosis and metastasis.