Martin K. Oehler

BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer (OC) remains a major global health issue, often diagnosed late and lacking effective screening. METHODS: MR studies until 11 September 2023 were identified by a systematic search across nine databases. We complie…

BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer (OC) is often diagnosed at an advanced stage when prognosis is poor. We aimed to identify blood plasma proteins predictive of OC risk. METHODS: We conducted proteome-wide Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses usi…

Pre-surgical clinical assessment of an adnexal mass is a complex process, and ideally requires accurate and rapid identification of disease status. Gold standard biomarker CA125 is extensively used off-label for this purpose; however its pe…

The five-year survival rate for women with ovarian cancer is very poor despite radical cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy. Although most patients initially respond to platinum-based chemotherapy, the majority experience recurrence and u…

Serous endometrial cancer (SEC) and high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) are aggressive gynecological malignancies with high rates of metastasis and poor prognosis. Endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma (EIC), the precursor for SEC, and…

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH) play important roles in regulating cell growth and proliferation in the ovary. However, few studies have explored the expression of FSH and LH receptors (FSHR and LHCGR) in ova…

The ovarian cancer biomarker CA125 has been extensively investigated over the last 30 years. The knowledge about the exact molecular nature of this protein, however, remains fragmented. This review provides an overview of the structural res…

Most scientific efforts towards early detection of ovarian cancer are commonly focused on the discovery of tumour-associated antigens (TAA). Autologous antibodies against TAA, however, may serve as more sensitive diagnostic markers. They ci…

The origin of epithelial ovarian cancer remains unknown. It is believed to develop from ovarian surface epithelium, post-ovulatory inclusion cysts, endometriosis and more recently the fimbrial end of the fallopian tube. Molecular evidence s…

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological malignancy and it most commonly occurs in postmenopausal women. Ninety per cent of ovarian cancers are derived from the ovarian surface epithelium and these neoplasms are classified into sero…

Endometriosis and adenomyosis uteri are chronic, benign diseases caused by the presence of endometrial tissue in ectopic locations, e.g. peritoneal or deep inside the myometrial wall of the uterus and/or in the rectovaginal septum. Although…