In epithelial ovarian cancer, tumor-associated biomarkers useful for diagnosis, prognosis, and/or therapy response prediction are in short supply. Protein levels of the proteolytic factors uPA, PAI-1, and tissue kallikreins hK5, hK6, hK7, hK8, hK10, hK11, hK13 were determined in extracts of ovarian cancer patient tumor tissue. Distribution, correlation, the impact on survival and surgical success and the presence of changes from primary to metastatic tumor tissue have been explored. Using a homogeneous patient collective, it could be shown that human kallikreins, uPA and PAI-1 are clinically relevant in ovarian cancer.
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In epithelial ovarian cancer, tumor-associated biomarkers useful for diagnosis, prognosis, and/or therapy response prediction are in short supply. Protein levels of the proteolytic factors uPA, PAI-1, and tissue kallikreins hK5, hK6, hK7, hK8, hK10, hK11, hK13 were determined in extracts of ovarian cancer patient tumor tissue. Distribution, correlation, the impact on survival and surgical success and the presence of changes from primary to metastatic tumor tissue have been explored. Using a homo...
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