Imperial College London
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ProfessorEmm MicDrakakis

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of Bio-Circuits and Systems
 
 
 
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e.drakakis Website

 
 
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B207Bessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cunnea:2017:2057-1739/aa5cf1,
author = {Cunnea, P and Gowers, S and Moore, JE and Drakakis, E and Boutelle, M and Fotopoulou, C},
doi = {2057-1739/aa5cf1},
journal = {Convergent Science Physical Oncology},
title = {Novel technologies in the treatment and monitoring of advanced and relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2057-1739/aa5cf1},
volume = {3},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in females in the UK. It has long been recognized to be a set of heterogeneous diseases, with high grade serous being the most common subtype. The majority of patients with EOC present at an advanced stage (FIGO III–IV), and have the largest risk for disease recurrence from which a high percentage will develop resistance to chemotherapy. Despite continual advances in diagnostics, imaging, surgery and treatment of EOC, there has been little variation in the survival rates for patients with EOC. In this review we will introduce novel bioengineering advances in modelling the lymphatic system and real-time tissue monitoring to improve the clinical and therapeutic outcome for patients with EOC. We discuss the advent of the non-invasive 'liquid biopsy' in the surveillance of patients undergoing treatment and follow-up. Finally, we present new bioengineering advances for palliative care of patients to lessen symptoms of patients with ascites and improve quality of life.
AU  - Cunnea,P
AU  - Gowers,S
AU  - Moore,JE
AU  - Drakakis,E
AU  - Boutelle,M
AU  - Fotopoulou,C
DO  - 2057-1739/aa5cf1
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2057-1739
TI  - Novel technologies in the treatment and monitoring of advanced and relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer
T2  - Convergent Science Physical Oncology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2057-1739/aa5cf1
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000446913100002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/66124
VL  - 3
ER  -
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