Circulating tumor cells as trigger to hematogenous spreads and potential biomarkers to predict the prognosis in ovarian cancer.

Gasparri, Maria Luisa; Savone, Delia; Besharat, Raad Aris; Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad; Bellati, Filippo; Ruscito, Ilary; Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti; Papadia, Andrea (2016). Circulating tumor cells as trigger to hematogenous spreads and potential biomarkers to predict the prognosis in ovarian cancer. Tumor biology, 37(1), pp. 71-75. Springer 10.1007/s13277-015-4299-9

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Despite several improvements in the surgical field and in the systemic treatment, ovarian cancer (OC) is still characterized by high recurrence rates and consequently poor survival. In OC, there is still a great lack of knowledge with regard to cancer behavior and mechanisms of recurrence, progression, and drug resistance. The OC metastatization process mostly occurs via intracoelomatic spread. Recent evidences show that tumor cells generate a favorable microenvironment consisting in T regulatory cells, T infiltrating lymphocytes, and cytokines which are able to establish an "immuno-tolerance mileau" in which a tumor cell can become a resistant clone. When the disease responds to treatment, immunoediting processes and cancer progression have been stopped. A similar inhibition of the immunosuppressive microenvironment has been observed after optimal cytoreductive surgery as well. In this scenario, the early identification of circulating tumor cells could represent a precocious signal of loss of the immune balance that precedes cancer immunoediting and relapse. Supporting this hypothesis, circulating tumor cells have been demonstrated to be a prognostic factor in several solid tumors such as colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, breast, and genitourinary cancer. In OC, the role of circulating tumor cells is still to be defined. However, as opposed to healthy women, circulating tumor cells have been demonstrated in peripheral blood of OC patients, opening a new research field in OC diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and follow-up.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology

UniBE Contributor:

Papadia, Andrea

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1010-4283

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Monika Zehr

Date Deposited:

06 Apr 2016 13:26

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:53

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s13277-015-4299-9

PubMed ID:

26500096

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Circulating tumor cells; Immunoediting; Ovarian cancer; Prognostic markers; Tumor immunology

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/78409

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