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Its aggressive nature has thwarted early detection efforts through conventional detection methods such as serum CA125 and ultrasound screening and thus inspired the investigation of novel biomarkers. Here, we report the systematic development of an extracellular-vesicle (EV)-based test to detect early-stage HGSOC. Our study is based on emerging insights into HGSOC biology, notably that it arises from precursor lesions within the fallopian tube before traveling to ovarian and\/or peritoneal surfaces. To identify HGSOC marker candidates, we established murine fallopian tube (mFT) cells with oncogenic mutations in\n                  <jats:italic>Brca1\/2, Tp53<\/jats:italic>\n                  , and\n                  <jats:italic>Pten<\/jats:italic>\n                  genes, and performed proteomic analyses on mFT EVs. The identified markers were then evaluated with an orthotopic HGSOC animal model. In serially-drawn blood samples of tumor-bearing mice, mFT-EV markers increased with tumor initiation, supporting their potential use in early cancer detection. A pilot human clinical study (\n                  <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                  = 51) further narrowed EV markers to five candidates, EpCAM, CD24, VCAN, HE4, and TNC. Combined expression of these markers achieved high OvCa diagnostic accuracy (cancer vs. non-cancer) with a sensitivity of 0.89 and specificity of 0.93. The same five markers were also effective in a three-group classification: non-cancer, early-stage (I &amp; II) HGSOC, and late-stage (III &amp; IV) HGSOC. In particular, they differentiated early-stage HGSOC from the rest with a specificity of 0.91. Minimally invasive and repeatable, this EV-based testing could be a versatile and serial tool for informing patient care and monitoring women at high risk for ovarian cancer.\n                <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1101\/2023.01.19.524549","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,20]],"date-time":"2023-01-20T20:40:17Z","timestamp":1674247217000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Profiling extracellular vesicles in circulation enables the early detection of ovarian cancer"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"given":"Ala","family":"Jo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allen","family":"Green","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jamie 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