A study of 229 patients with ovarian cancer and 233 patients with benign ovarian tumors showed a trend of lower total cholesterol levels in the ovarian cancer group compared to the benign ovarian tumor group, the hypothesis was that the rapid growth of cancer cells requires the involvement of large amounts of total cholesterol, which in turn promotes total cholesterol depletion ( 14 , 28 ).
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Associations of novel serum lipid index with epithelial ovarian cancer chemoresistance and prognosis.
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