Current Treatments and New Possible Complementary Therapies for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
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2022
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: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the deadliest gynaecological malignancies. The late diagnosis is frequent due to the absence of specific symptomatology and the molecular complexity of the disease, which includes a high angiogenesis potential. The first-line treatment is based on optimal debulking surgery following chemotherapy with platinum/gemcitabine and taxane compounds. During the last years, anti-angiogenic therapy and poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerases
(PARP)-inhibitors were introduced in therapeutic schemes. Several studies have shown that these drugs increase the progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with ovarian cancer, but the identification of patients who have the greatest benefits is still under investigation. In the present review, we discuss about the molecular characteristics of the disease, the recent evidence of approved treatments and the new possible complementary approaches, focusing on drug repurposing,
non-coding RNAs, and nanomedicine as a new method for drug delivery
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Garrido, M.P.; Fredes, A.N.; Lobos-González, L.; ValenzuelaValderrama, M.; Vera, D.B.; Romero, C. Current Treatments and New Possible Complementary Therapies for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/ biomedicines10010077
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epithelial ovarian cancer, drug repurposing, non-coding RNAs, nanocarriers, anti-angiogenic therapy