CURRENT OPINIONS CONCERNING THE PATHOGENESIS OF EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER AND NEW DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES TO THE DISEASE

Abstract

Because of high mortality rate, the lack of effective methods for early diagnosis and limited success in treatment, ovarian cancer of epithelial origin is a major problem in gynecological oncology. These problems are largely due to our lack of the disease etiopathogenesis understanding. This article attempts to summarize recent data on the sources and the development of the cancer process in the ovary as well as to introduce modern approaches to the diagnosis of this type of malignancy.

Keywords

• ovarian cancer
• pathogenesis
• screening
• imaging technologies
• mrt