Assessment of peritoneal microbial features and tumor marker levels as potential diagnostic tools for ovarian cancer.

Epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) is the most deadly cancer of the female reproductive system. To date, there is no effective screening method for early detection of OC and current diagnostic armamentarium may include sonographic grading of the tumor and analyzing serum levels of tumor markers, Cancer...

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Main Authors: Ruizhong Miao, Taylor C Badger, Kathleen Groesch, Paula L Diaz-Sylvester, Teresa Wilson, Allen Ghareeb, Jongjin Anne Martin, Melissa Cregger, Michael Welge, Colleen Bushell, Loretta Auvil, Ruoqing Zhu, Laurent Brard, Andrea Braundmeier-Fleming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227707