Validity and prognostic significance of sperm protein 17 as a tumor biomarker for epithelial ovarian cancer: a retrospective study.

Laurie L BrunettePaulette Y Mhawech-FaucegliaLingyun JiJoseph G SkeateHeike E BrandKate LawrensonSaloni WaliaMaurizio Chiriva-InternatiSusan GroshenLynda D RomanW Martin KastDiane M Da Silva

Published in: BMC cancer (2018)

Sp17 is highly expressed in benign, borderline, and low grade malignant serous ovarian neoplasms and can be quantified in serum. Sp17 expression may have diagnostic significance in this subset of patients.

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low grade
high grade
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
poor prognosis
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors