2001
IGFBP-3 in epithelial ovarian carcinoma and its association with clinico-pathological features and patient survival
Katsaros D, Yu H, Levesque M, Danese S, Genta F, Richiardi G, Fracchioli S, Khosravi M, Diamandi A, Gordini G, Diamandis E, Massobrio M. IGFBP-3 in epithelial ovarian carcinoma and its association with clinico-pathological features and patient survival. European Journal Of Cancer 2001, 37: 478-485. PMID: 11267857, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(00)00423-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorDisease-Free SurvivalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Middle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm StagingNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPrognosisRisk FactorsConceptsIGFBP-3 levelsInsulin-like growth factorLower IGFBP-3 levelsEpithelial ovarian carcinomaIGFBP-3Overall survivalPatient survivalOvarian carcinomaGrowth factorUnfavourable prognostic featuresIGFBP-3 concentrationsClinico-pathological featuresEpithelial ovarian cancerPatients' overall survivalResponse of patientsOvarian cancer progressionAnti-apoptotic actionClinicopathological featuresPathological variablesPrognostic featuresResidual tumorDisease progressionOvarian cancerDisease prognosisAverage age
1995
Mutant p53 protein overexpression is associated with poor outcome in patients with well or moderately differentiated ovarian carcinoma
Levesque M, Katsaros D, Yu H, Zola P, Sismondi P, Giardina G, Diamandis E. Mutant p53 protein overexpression is associated with poor outcome in patients with well or moderately differentiated ovarian carcinoma. Cancer 1995, 75: 1327-1338. PMID: 7882283, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950315)75:6<1327::aid-cncr2820750615>3.0.co;2-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian carcinomaOvarian carcinomaMutant p53 proteinResidual tumorHistologic gradeOvarian cancerP53 proteinCancer relapseMutant p53 protein overexpressionLonger disease-free survivalKaplan-Meier survival curvesPostsurgical residual tumorDisease-free survivalEarly-stage diseaseSubset of patientsLow histologic gradeMutant p53 protein accumulationAdvanced-stage cancerDifferent clinical stagesP53-negative tumorsP53-positive tumorsP53 protein overexpressionPoor patient outcomesAnti-p53 antibodiesP53 protein accumulation