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ArticleMolecular & cellular oncology2020

SOX2 is a promising predictor of relapse and death in advanced stage high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients with residual disease after debulking surgery.

Maria Bååth, Sofia Westbom-Fremer, Laura Martin de la Fuente, Anna Ebbesson, Juliette Davis, Susanne Malander, Anna Måsbäck, Päivi Kannisto, Ingrid Hedenfalk

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Article in Molecular & cellular oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria BååthDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-5474
Sofia Westbom-FremerDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4365-371X
Laura Martin de la FuenteDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3618-8282
Anna EbbessonDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Juliette DavisDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-8256
Susanne MalanderDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4059-1349
Anna MåsbäckDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1948-4298
Päivi KannistoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-1494
Ingrid HedenfalkDivision of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-3397
Lund University · SESkåne University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcription factor SOX2 is a well-established and important stem cell marker. Its role in cancer biology remains unclear, but it has been proposed to also be a marker of cancer stem cells. We investigated the role of SOX2 protein expression in women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) to determine its potential prognostic and treatment predictive value. We constructed a tissue microarray of 130 advanced stage HGSOC tumors with an average of 6 cores each, stained for SOX2 protein expression and evaluated survival outcomes. We also treated two HGSOC cell lines with carboplatin and paclitaxel and measured SOX2 expression by RT-PCR and immunoblotting at different doses and time-points. Among patients with non-radical debulking surgery overall and progression-free survival were shorter for patients with SOX2 positive tumors (mean 26

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Cancer stem cellshigh-grade serous ovarian cancerradical surgerySOX2survival

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