Investigator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Chemotherapy Sparks Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
Summary Ovarian cancer remains resistant to immunotherapy in most patients, highlighting the need to make these tumors more immunogenic. A recent study unveils how chemotherapy is able to induce cancer cell stress in metastatic ovarian carcinomas, inducing the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures that create a “hotter” tumor microenvironment. See related article by Lanickova et al., p. 164
Researcher
Group Leader
VIB Center for Inflammation Research
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