Although annexin A2 over expression has been observed in various cancer types such as those of the pancreas [16], colorectal [17], breast [11, 18], prostate [13], liver [19] and brain [9, 20], to date, no information on the expression of annexin A2 in human ovarian cancer tissues and its functional role in ovarian cancer have been published. The gene discussed is ANXA2; the disease is ovarian carcinoma.