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The Role of a Novel Gene, ZIC 2, in Causing Sporadic Ovarian Cancer

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) may occur in patients with a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, and is referred to as a hereditary case, or in patients lacking a family history, and is referred to as a sporadic case. Of the approximately 23,400 new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed in the United States each year…

Comparing Hereditary Cancer of the Peritoneum to Hereditary Ovarian Cancer

Dr. Fields and her co-investigators will undertake a study of the genetic predisposition of development of cancer of the lining of the peritoneal cavity which, while identical under the microscope to patients with cancer of the ovary, differs in several biologic parameters from “conventional” ovarian cancer. Approximately 1,000 patients a year in the United States who have peritoneal cancer…