Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer: Shared Histogenesis or Shared Etiology?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by David Oliver
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The growing controversy over a possible link between asbestos exposure and ovarian cancer is driven in large part by the fact that the two malignancies affect the serosal cavities and share a striking number of biomarkers. Does this mean that they both arise from the same sort of undifferentiated cell or that they're both caused by asbestos? See "Association of Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Conditions With Ovarian cancer: Shared Biomarkers and a Possible Etiological Link?"

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