Abstract

Background: Novel strategies for early detection of EOC, the most common and second most lethal cancer in Indian women, are urgently needed. Silencing tumor suppressor genes via DNA methylation has established hypermethylation as one of the most frequent molecular alterations that may initiate and drive many types of human neoplasia including EOC .To determine the alterations of tumor suppressor gene p16INK4A in EOC patients to explore the possibilities of identifying potential minimally invasive markers in blood of the patients, which could help in the clinical practice as a diagnostic and prognostic marker.

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