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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024

The Complex Tumor Microenvironment in Ovarian Cancer: Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities.

Bianca Garlisi, Sylvia Lauks, Caroline Aitken, Leslie M Ogilvie, Cielle Lockington, Duncan Petrik, Jan Soeren Eichhorn, Jim Petrik

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Clinical significance of CD27Journal of ovarian research · 2026
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  15. Integrated Analyses IdentifyInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Bianca GarlisiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Sylvia LauksDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Caroline AitkenDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Leslie M OgilvieDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0596-6061
Cielle LockingtonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Duncan PetrikDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Jan Soeren EichhornDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Jim PetrikDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7102-637X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) in ovarian cancer (OC) has much greater complexity than previously understood. In response to aggressive pro-angiogenic stimulus, blood vessels form rapidly and are dysfunctional, resulting in poor perfusion, tissue hypoxia, and leakiness, which leads to increased interstitial fluid pressure (IFP). Decreased perfusion and high IFP significantly inhibit the uptake of therapies into the tumor. Within the TME, there are numerous inhibitor cells, such as myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), tumor association macrophages (TAMs), regulatory T cells (Tregs), and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) that secrete high numbers of immunosuppressive cytokines. This immunosuppressive environment is thought to contribute to the lack of success of immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. This review discusses the components of the TME in OC, how these characteristics impede therapeutic efficacy, and some strategies to alleviate this inhibition.

Indexed as

Ovarian NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentFemaleHumansImmunotherapyimmunosuppressioninterstitial fluid pressureovarian cancertumor angiogenesistumor microenvironmentvascular normalization

Identifiers

PMID39057155
PMCPMC11275383

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