ABO and ovarian carcinoma: Several studies have shown associations between ABO BG and incidence and risk for various cancers [5] including ovarian cancer[5–7] and several plausible explanations have been proposed explaining the observed associations of ABO BG and cancer: these include inflammation, immune surveillance for malignant cells, modified expression of ABO BG antigens on cancer cells as a consequence of altered glycosyltransferase activities [8], intercellular adhesion and membrane signaling [9], single nucleotide polymorphisms and epigenetics [10].