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Annals of Oncology 2006 17(Supplement 7):vii46-vii48; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl949
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© 2006 European Society for Medical Oncology

symposium article

From bio-molecular and technology innovations to clinical practice: focus on ovarian cancer

F. Legge1,2, G. Ferrandina1 and G. Scambia1,2,*

1 Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Catholic University, Rome; 2 Oncology Department, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy

* Correspondence to: Dr G. Scambia, Gynaecologic Unit, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Catholic University, Largo A.Gemelli, 8 00168 Rome, Italy. Tel/Fax: +39-06-35508736; E-mail: giovanni.scambia{at}rm.unicatt.it

Ovarian cancer (OC) still represents the most lethal of gynecological malignancies with the chance for death in 5 years exceeding the chance for life. In recent years, the development of knowledge in molecular biology of OC coupled with the new technologies offers enormous opportunity to learn about aetiology of OC, and also give us a powerful tool for early diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of this disease. In particular, small cancer specimens from patients have become extremely informative thanks to techniques such as laser capture microdissection (LCM), tissue lysate arrays (TLAs), reverse trascriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and mass spectrometry. All of this coupled with advancements in bioinformatics have allowed the explosion of genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. This paper focusses on the influence that advancement in the "-omics" bio-technology will reserve in OC diagnosis, prognostic characterization, and treatment.

Key words: ovarian cancer, molecular biology, technology, proteomics


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