The excluded studies from the read of 75 records covered E-cadherin expression only in correlation/combination with other biomarkers and/or tissue antigens; ovarian cancer type other than epithelial; expression of E-cadherin tested with Western blot method; expression of E-cadherin on cancer cells isolated from ascites and/or tissue; cell lines; and expression of E-cadherin in patients after treatment. Here, CDH1 is linked to ovarian carcinoma.