Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is the second most common gynaecological cancer and accounts for more deaths than all gynaecological cancers combined. Despite extensive research, progress has been slow in understanding the pathobiolo...

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Main Authors: Madhuri Thumuluru Kavitha, Tailor Anil, Haagsma Ben, Coley Helen, Butler-Manuel Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Ovarian Research
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Online Access:http://www.ovarianresearch.com/content/5/1/46
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author Madhuri Thumuluru Kavitha
Tailor Anil
Haagsma Ben
Coley Helen
Butler-Manuel Simon
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Tailor Anil
Haagsma Ben
Coley Helen
Butler-Manuel Simon
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description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is the second most common gynaecological cancer and accounts for more deaths than all gynaecological cancers combined. Despite extensive research, progress has been slow in understanding the pathobiology. EOC is identified as a heterogeneous malignancy with various histological subtypes. It is now well known that these different histological subtypes show differences in terms of presentation, response to treatment, immunohistochemical (IHC) reactivity and molecular profiling. Cell cycle deregulation is key in cancer development and there is some evidence in the literature that this is relevant to the problem of EOC and the development of drug resistant disease. The need to identify prognostic markers has led to several gene profiling studies using tumour tissue with equivocal results. p57<sup>kip2</sup> is one such cell cycle regulator and its functions are being explored as recent research has shown that it is more than just a negative regulator of the cell cycle.</p> <p>Aims</p> <p>The aim of this review is to evaluate the literature around the IHC expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in EOC.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Systematic review of the literature focussing on clinical outcome and immunohistochemical expression in epithelial ovarian cancer.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Four papers are discussed in this review and have shown great variation in IHC expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in EOC. These studies incorporated different histological subtypes of EOC. However they all suggest that p57<sup>kip2</sup> has a significant role in prognosis and its therapeutic indication needs to be studied. Multicentre collaborative studies on individual histological subtypes might provide more data and help to increase the number of cases especially for rarer tumours.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-2c4d39b57e3f427eade6e9ddc35830612023-01-03T06:29:27ZengBMCJournal of Ovarian Research1757-22152012-12-01514610.1186/1757-2215-5-46Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature reviewMadhuri Thumuluru KavithaTailor AnilHaagsma BenColey HelenButler-Manuel Simon<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is the second most common gynaecological cancer and accounts for more deaths than all gynaecological cancers combined. Despite extensive research, progress has been slow in understanding the pathobiology. EOC is identified as a heterogeneous malignancy with various histological subtypes. It is now well known that these different histological subtypes show differences in terms of presentation, response to treatment, immunohistochemical (IHC) reactivity and molecular profiling. Cell cycle deregulation is key in cancer development and there is some evidence in the literature that this is relevant to the problem of EOC and the development of drug resistant disease. The need to identify prognostic markers has led to several gene profiling studies using tumour tissue with equivocal results. p57<sup>kip2</sup> is one such cell cycle regulator and its functions are being explored as recent research has shown that it is more than just a negative regulator of the cell cycle.</p> <p>Aims</p> <p>The aim of this review is to evaluate the literature around the IHC expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in EOC.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Systematic review of the literature focussing on clinical outcome and immunohistochemical expression in epithelial ovarian cancer.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Four papers are discussed in this review and have shown great variation in IHC expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in EOC. These studies incorporated different histological subtypes of EOC. However they all suggest that p57<sup>kip2</sup> has a significant role in prognosis and its therapeutic indication needs to be studied. Multicentre collaborative studies on individual histological subtypes might provide more data and help to increase the number of cases especially for rarer tumours.</p>http://www.ovarianresearch.com/content/5/1/46Epithelial ovarian cancerPathobiologyHistologyImmunohistchemistryCell cycleCyclin dependant kinasep57<sup>kip2</sup>
spellingShingle Madhuri Thumuluru Kavitha
Tailor Anil
Haagsma Ben
Coley Helen
Butler-Manuel Simon
Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
Journal of Ovarian Research
Epithelial ovarian cancer
Pathobiology
Histology
Immunohistchemistry
Cell cycle
Cyclin dependant kinase
p57<sup>kip2</sup>
title Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
title_full Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
title_fullStr Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
title_short Relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57<sup>kip2</sup> in epithelial ovarian carcinoma- A systematic literature review
title_sort relevance of immunohistochemical expression of p57 sup kip2 sup in epithelial ovarian carcinoma a systematic literature review
topic Epithelial ovarian cancer
Pathobiology
Histology
Immunohistchemistry
Cell cycle
Cyclin dependant kinase
p57<sup>kip2</sup>
url http://www.ovarianresearch.com/content/5/1/46
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