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Immune-Active Microenvironment in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type: Rationale for Immune Checkpoint Blockade.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Jul 2018
Jelinic Petar, Ricca Jacob, Van Oudenhove Elke, Olvera Narciso, Merghoub Taha, Levine Douglas A, Zamarin Dmitriy
Abstract excerpt
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT), is a highly aggressive monogenic cancer driven by SMARCA4 mutations. Here, we report responses to anti-PD1 immunotherapy in four patients and characterize the immune landscape of SCCOHT tumors using quantitative immunofluorescence and gene expression profiling. Unexpectedly for a low mutation burden cancer, the majority of the tumors (eight of 11...
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