HBEGF and ovarian cancer: Proliferation-promoting activity in peritoneal fluid from 63 ovarian cancer patients (OVCA) was much higher than peritoneal fluid from 18 ovarian cyst patients (OVC) and 18 normal ovary patients (NO), and the activity was suppressed only by antibodies against EGFR or heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF).