简介:Epithelialovariancancerrepresentsthemostlethalgynecologicalmalignancyinthedevelopedworld,andcanbedividedintofivemainhistologicalsubtypes:highgradeserous,endometrioid,clearcell,mucinousandlowgradeserous.Thesesubtypesrepresentdistinctdiseaseentities,bothclinicallyandatthemolecularlevel.Molecularanalysishasrevealedsignificantgeneticheterogeneityinovariancancer,particularlywithinthehighgradeseroussubtype.Assuch,thissubtypehasbeenthefocusofmuchresearchefforttodate,revealingmolecularsubgroupsatboththegenomicandtranscriptomiclevelthathaveclinicalimplications.However,stratificationofovariancancerpatientsbasedontheunderlyingbiologyoftheirdiseaseremainsinitsinfancy.Here,wesummarizethemolecularchangesthatcharacterizethefivemainovariancancersubtypes,highlightpotentialopportunitiesfortargetedtherapeuticinterventionandoutlineprioritiesforfutureresearch.