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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Exosomal miR-99a-5p is elevated in sera of ovarian cancer patients and promotes cancer cell invasion by increasing fibronectin and vitronectin expression in neighboring peritoneal mesothelial cells

 

Ovarian cancer

 

Benign ovarian tumor

 

Healthy volunteers

(n = 62)

(n = 26)

(n = 20)

Age, years Median (range)

59 (19–78)

 

52 (16–81)

 

34.5 (24–45)

Histologic type

Serous

32 (52%)

Mucinous cystadenoma

9 (34%)

 

Clear

15 (24%)

Teratoma

7 (27%)

 

Endometrioid

9 (14%)

Endometrioma

4 (15%)

Mucinous

6 (10%)

Serous cystadenoma

2 (8%)

Thecoma

2 (8%)

Fibroma

1 (4%)

Fibrothecoma

1 (4%)

FIGO Stage

I

26 (42%)

 

II

5 (8%)

 

III

24 (39%)

 

IV

7 (11%)

 
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