Chemotherapy resistance in advanced ovarian cancer patients

R Pokhriyal, R Hariprasad, L Kumar… - Biomarkers in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common gynaecologic malignancy seen in women.
Majority of the patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed at the advanced stage making …

The role of tumor-stroma interactions in drug resistance within tumor microenvironment

Y Ni, X Zhou, J Yang, H Shi, H Li, X Zhao… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells resistance to various therapies remains to be a key challenge nowadays. For a
long time, scientists focused on tumor cells themselves for the mechanisms of acquired drug …

Meeting the challenge of ascites in ovarian cancer: new avenues for therapy and research

E Kipps, DSP Tan, SB Kaye - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Malignant ascites presents a considerable clinical challenge to the management of ovarian
cancer, but also provides a wealth of opportunities for translational research. The …

The unique molecular and cellular microenvironment of ovarian cancer

T Worzfeld, E Pogge von Strandmann, M Huber… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The reciprocal interplay of cancer cells and host cells is an indispensable prerequisite for
tumor growth and progression. Cells of both the innate and adaptive immune system, in …

Immune parameters affecting the efficacy of chemotherapeutic regimens

L Zitvogel, O Kepp, G Kroemer - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2011 - nature.com
The outcome of chemotherapy can be influenced by the host immune system at multiple
levels. Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells by causing them to elicit an immune response or …

Immunomic longitudinal profiling of the NeoPembrOv trial identifies drivers of immunoresistance in high-grade ovarian carcinoma

O Le Saux, M Ardin, J Berthet, S Barrin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract PD-1/PD-L1 blockade has so far shown limited survival benefit for high-grade
ovarian carcinomas. By using paired samples from the NeoPembrOv randomized phase II …

Significance of vascular endothelial growth factor in growth and peritoneal dissemination of ovarian cancer

S Masoumi Moghaddam, A Amini, DL Morris… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2012 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of angiogenesis which drives
endothelial cell survival, proliferation, and migration while increasing vascular permeability …

The tumor microenvironment of epithelial ovarian cancer and its influence on response to immunotherapy

GM Rodriguez, KJC Galpin, CW McCloskey… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer is a growing field of endeavor but reports of
success have been limited for epithelial ovarian cancer. Overcoming the challenges to …

The impact of T‐cell immunity on ovarian cancer outcomes

BH Nelson - Immunological reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ovarian cancer remains a challenging disease for which improved treatments are urgently
needed. Most patients present with advanced disease that is highly responsive to surgery …

VEGF directly suppresses activation of T cells from ascites secondary to ovarian cancer via VEGF receptor type 2

NG Gavalas, M Tsiatas, O Tsitsilonis, E Politi… - British journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor action in tumour angiogenesis is well
characterised; nevertheless, it functions as a key element in the promotion of the immune …