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Agnieszka Kosowska Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Enrique Gallego-Colon Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Wojciech Garczorz Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Agnieszka Kłych-Ratuszny Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Mohammad Reza F Aghdam Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Michał Woz´niak Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Andrzej Witek Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Agnieszka Wróblewska-Czech Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Anna Cygal Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Jerzy Wojnar Department of Internal Medicine and Oncological Chemotherapy, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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Tomasz Francuz Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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rate in ovarian cancer patients is mostly due to a late diagnosis, at which time the cancer has metastasized throughout the peritoneal cavity and omentum ( 9 ). Epithelial ovarian cancer can disseminate via transcoelmic, hematogenous or lymphatic route

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Michael Ulm University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
West Cancer Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Arvind V Ramesh White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Keely M McNamara Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan

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Suriyan Ponnusamy University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Hironobu Sasano Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan

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Ramesh Narayanan University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
West Cancer Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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advances of hormone-dependent cancers focuses on three therapeutically challenging and scientifically fascinating cancers, viz. prostate, breast and ovarian cancers. These three cancers share several similarities and hence have been combined in this

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María J Gómora Departamento de Embriología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Flavia Morales-Vásquez Departamento de Oncología Médica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Enrique Pedernera Departamento de Embriología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Delia Perez-Montiel Departamento de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Horacio López-Basave Departamento de Cirugía Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Antonio R Villa División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Azucena Hernández-Martínez Hospital Militar de Especialidades de la Mujer y Neonatología, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, CdMx, Mexico

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Esteban Mena Unidad de Apoyo Académico, Secretaría General, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Carmen Mendez Departamento de Embriología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CdMx, Mexico

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Introduction Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy ( 1 , 2 ). Eighty-five to ninety percent of ovarian cancers are epithelial in nature. The main histological subtypes are serous, endometrioid, mucinous and clear cells

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Enrique Pedernera Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Embriología y Genética, Ciudad de México, México

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Flavia Morales-Vásquez Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México

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María J Gómora Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Embriología y Genética, Ciudad de México, México

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Miguel A Almaraz Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Embriología y Genética, Ciudad de México, México

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Esteban Mena Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Secretaría General, Ciudad de México, México
Universidad La Salle, Posgrado de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Ciudad de México, México

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Delia Pérez-Montiel Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México

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Elizabeth Rendon Hospital Militar de Especialidades de la Mujer y Neonatología. Ciudad de México, México

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Horacio López-Basave Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México

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Juan Maldonado-Cubas Universidad La Salle, Posgrado de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Ciudad de México, México

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Carmen Méndez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Embriología y Genética, Ciudad de México, México

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Introduction According to statistics, ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of death by neoplasia in women worldwide ( 1 ). The most frequent type of ovarian tumor is epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) ( 2 ). The EOC is further divided into

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Keina Nishio Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Akiko Tanabe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Risa Maruoka Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Kiyoko Nakamura Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Masaaki Takai Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Tatsuharu Sekijima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Satoshi Tunetoh Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Yoshito Terai Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Masahide Ohmichi Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan

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Introduction Cancer survivors are living longer after the initial diagnosis of cancer due to earlier diagnosis and improved cancer treatments. Epithelial ovarian cancer (OC), uterine endometrial cancer (EC), and cervical cancer (CC) are major

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Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska National Institute of Health, NIDDK, Office 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington Hospital Center, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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John Costello Jr Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Kirk Jensen Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Aneeta Patel Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Rok Tkavc Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Douglas Van Nostrand Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington Hospital Center, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Kenneth D Burman Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington Hospital Center, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Leonard Wartofsky Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington Hospital Center, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Vasyl Vasko Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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renal toxicity associated with administration of platinum drugs in patients treated for ovarian cancers and radiation-induced salivary gland damage in patients with head and neck and lung cancers. The effects of amifostine on salivary gland function

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Linfei Yang Center for Medical Experiments, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

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Xiao Yu Department of General Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

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Yongchao Yang Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
European Pancreas Center, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

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regulating growth, survival, differentiation and pathogen resistance ( 14 ). Constitutive activation of the STAT3 signalling pathway has been observed in several human cancers, including breast cancer, multiple myeloma, head and neck cancer, ovarian cancer

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Luminita Nicoleta Cima Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

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Anca Colita Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Hematology Department, Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

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Simona Fica Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Endocrine Department, Elias Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

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Patient population Endpoint Pro  Lambertini, 2015 1231 BC POF, PR  Shen, 2015 1062 BC POF, PR  Del Mastro, 2014 765 BC, HL, ovarian cancer POF  Sun, 2014 621 BC, HL, ovarian cancer POF  Yang

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Ishita Gupta Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Allal Ouhtit Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

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Adil Al-Ajmi Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Syed Gauhar A Rizvi Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Hamad Al-Riyami Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Marwa Al-Riyami Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Yahya Tamimi Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Alkoudh, Sultanate of Oman

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Chang-Claude J Moysich KB Rudolph A Schmutzler RK Simard J Soucy P Eeles RA Easton DF Hamann U Candidate genetic modifiers for breast and ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers . Cancer Epidemiology

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Manjeetkaur Sehemby Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Prachi Bansal Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Vijaya Sarathi Department of Endocrinology, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Ashwini Kolhe Department of Pathology, Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Kanchan Kothari Department of Pathology, Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Swati Jadhav-Ramteke Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Anurag R Lila Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Tushar Bandgar Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Nalini S Shah Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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malignancies of the ovary account for less than 10% of all ovarian cancers (germ cell tumors: 5%; sex cord stromal tumors: 3–5%) ( 1 ). Less than half of these nonepithelial tumors secrete hormones which can produce either estrogenic or androgenic

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