patients have not seen any major therapeutic progress in the last 30 years, in particular in
the case of metastatic disease, which requires new therapeutic strategies. The pro‐apoptotic
cytokine TNF‐Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) can selectively kill tumor cells
while sparing normal cells, making it a promising therapeutic tool in several types of cancer.
However, certain EWS cell lines appear resistant to recombinant human (rh) TRAIL‐induced …