Estrogen biosynthesis and action in ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is still the deadliest of all gynecologic malignancies in women worldwide. This is attributed to two main features of these tumors, namely, i) a diagnosis at an advanced tumor stage, and, ii) the rapid onset of resistance to standard chemotherapy after an initial successful therapy wi...

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Main Authors: Theresia eThalhammer, Felicitas eMungenast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00192/full