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Biomedicines. 2021 Jun 18;9(6). doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9060693.

Ovarian Cancer: Biomarkers and Targeted Therapy.

Biomedicines

Mihaela Raluca Radu, Alina Prădatu, Florentina Duică, Romeo Micu, Sanda Maria Creţoiu, Nicolae Suciu, Dragoş Creţoiu, Valentin Nicolae Varlas, Viorica Elena Rădoi

Affiliations

  1. Fetal Medicine Excellence Research Center, Alessandrescu-Rusescu National Institute for Mother and Child Health, 020395 Bucharest, Romania.
  2. Department of Mother and Child, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  3. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  4. Division of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alessandrescu-Rusescu National Institute for Mother and Child Health, Polizu Clinical Hospital, 020395 Bucharest, Romania.
  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, 01171 Bucharest, Romania.
  7. Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 030167 Bucharest, Romania.
  8. Department of Medical Genetics, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.

PMID: 34207450 PMCID: PMC8235073 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9060693

Abstract

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common causes of death in women as survival is highly dependent on the stage of the disease. Ovarian cancer is typically diagnosed in the late stage due to the fact that in the early phases is mostly asymptomatic. Genomic instability is one of the hallmarks of ovarian cancer. While ovarian cancer is stratified into different clinical subtypes, there still exists extensive genetic and progressive diversity within each subtype. Early detection of the disorder is one of the most important steps that facilitate a favorable prognosis and a good response to medical therapy for the patients. In targeted therapies, individual patients are treated by agents targeting the changes in tumor cells that help them grow, divide and spread. Currently, in gynecological malignancies, potential therapeutic targets include tumor-intrinsic signaling pathways, angiogenesis, homologous-recombination deficiency, hormone receptors, and immunologic factors. Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed in the final stages, partially due to the absence of an effective screening strategy, although, over the times, numerous biomarkers have been studied and used to assess the status, progression, and efficacy of the drug therapy in this type of disorder.

Keywords: NTRK inhibitors; PARP inhibitors; biomarkers; ncRNAs; ovarian cancer; targeted therapy

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