Integration of Multiple Data Levels to Improve Diagnosis, Predict Treatment Response and Suggest Targets to Overcome Therapy Resistance in High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Overview

This prospective, observational trial focuses on revealing major mechanisms causing chemoresistance in HGSOG patients and derive personalized treatment regimens for chemotherapy resistant HGSOC patients. The investigators recruit newly diagnosed advanced stage HGSOC patients who are then thoroughly followed during their cancer treatment. Longitudinal sampling includes digitalized H&E stained histology slides mainly collected during routine diagnostics, fresh tumor & ascites samples for next-generation sequencing/proteomics (WGS, RNA-seq, DNA-methylation, ChIP-seq, mass cytometry, etc.) and ex vivo experiments, plasma samples for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analyses. Broad range of clinical parameters such as laboratory and radiologic parameters (e.g., FDG PET/CT), given cancer treatments and their outcomes are collected.

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