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Comment
. 2013 Jun 1;12(11):1662-3.
doi: 10.4161/cc.25072. Epub 2013 May 17.

Progestins: pro-senescence therapy for ovarian cancer?

Steffi Oesterreich  1 , Robert Edwards, Anda Vlad
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Progestins: pro-senescence therapy for ovarian cancer?

Steffi Oesterreich et al. Cell Cycle. .
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Keywords: FOXO1; immune therapy; ovarian cancer; progesterone; senescence.

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Figure 1. Schematic representation of PR action as target in different subtypes of ovarian cancer. SMS, senescence messaging secretome.
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