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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in ovarian cancer: research progress.

Yuance Xu, Danting Sun, Junqi He, Qin Yao

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Prognostic influence of small leucine-rich proteoglycans on serous ovarian cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yuance Xu *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Danting Sun *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Junqi HeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Qin YaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian cancer, known for its high invasiveness and therapeutic resistance, is one of the leading causes of death from gynecological tumors. The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in the development of ovarian cancer, with cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) being a key non-tumor cell component. They significantly affect the prognosis of ovarian cancer by promoting tumor cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis, immune evasion, and drug resistance. The heterogeneity of CAFs provides a new perspective for targeted therapy in ovarian cancer. This review comprehensively analyzes the mechanisms of action, heterogeneity characteristics, and role in the immune microenvironment of CAFs in ovarian cancer, and discusses targeted therapy strategies for CAFs, aiming to provide new theoretical basis and treatment directions for the treatment of ovarian cancer.

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cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)immune microenvironmentovarian cancertargeted therapytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40104498
PMCPMC11913710

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