Code
01N02619
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal pathology
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Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology
- Gynaecology
- Cytology
- Oncology not elsewhere classified
- Metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology
- Cytology
- Cancer biology
- Nursing in preventive care and welfare
- Metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology
- Cytology
- Cancer diagnosis
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary anatomy, morphology and (clinical) pathology
- Other veterinary sciences not elsewhere classified
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Extracellular vesicles
liquid biopsies
early detection
cancer
Project description
Early detection is key to reducing ovarian cancer-associated deaths. Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EV), nanometer-sized membrane vesicles which contain proteins, lipids, metabolites and nucleic acids, enter the systemic circulation. We analyze and validate the implementation of EV-associated molecular patterns from blood to detect early stage ovarian cancer.