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Table 2 Summary of tissue expression of Sp17 by type of epithelium or neoplasm

From: Validity and prognostic significance of sperm protein 17 as a tumor biomarker for epithelial ovarian cancer: a retrospective study

Disease Category

Sp17 staining

(# positive/# total (%))

Normal fallopian tube epithelium

3/3 (100)

Normal ovarian epithelium

2/15 (13)

Benign ovarian neoplasms

6/11 (55)

Borderline ovarian tumors

26/33 (79)

Epithelial ovarian carcinomas

223/773 (30)

Sex cord stromal tumors

4/61 (7)

Germ cell tumors

2/47 (4)