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Folate receptor alpha as a tumor target in epithelial ovarian cancer

August 18 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: ovarian cancer

Objectives
Folate receptor α (FRα) is a folate-binding protein overexpressed on ovarian and several other epithelial malignancies that can be used as a target for imaging and therapeutic strategies. The goal of this study is to improve historical data that lack specific information about FRα expression in rare histological subtypes, primary disease versus metastatic foci, and [...]