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SUBMITTER: Labidi-Galy SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653668 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20171023 1
High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most frequent type of ovarian cancer and has a poor outcome. It has been proposed that fallopian tube cancers may be precursors of HGSOC but evolutionary evidence for this hypothesis has been limited. Here, we perform whole-exome sequence and copy number analyses of laser capture microdissected fallopian tube lesions (p53 signatures, serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STICs), and fallopian tube carcinomas), ovarian cancers, and metastases ...[more]