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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2025

Microenvironment matters: insights from the FOSTER consortium on microenvironment-driven approaches to osteosarcoma therapy.

Aurelie Dutour, Michela Pasello, Luke Farrow, Mahetab H Amer, Natacha Entz-Werlé, Michaela Nathrath, Katia Scotlandi, Sibylle Mittnacht, Anne Gomez-Mascard

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Aurelie Dutour *Childhood Cancer & Cell Death Team, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL), Centre Léon Bérard, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, 69008, Lyon, France.
Michela Pasello *Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Luke Farrow *University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, Paul O'Gorman Building, 72 Huntley St, London, WC1E 6DD, UK.
Mahetab H Amer *Division of Cell Matrix & Regenerative Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Natacha Entz-Werlé *Pediatric Onco-Hematology Unit, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Michaela Nathrath *Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Psychosomatics and Systemic Diseases, Children's Hospital Kassel, Kassel, Germany.
Katia Scotlandi *Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Sibylle Mittnacht *University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, Paul O'Gorman Building, 72 Huntley St, London, WC1E 6DD, UK.
Anne Gomez-Mascard *Department of Pathology, CHU, IUCT-Oncopole, University of Toulouse, Eq19. ONCOSARC CRCT, UMR 1037 Inserm/UT3, ERL 5294 CNRS, 1 Avenue Irène Joliot-Curie, 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France. gomez.anne@chu-toulouse.fr.

Funding

Bone Cancer Research Trust (BRCT) award BCRT/6720CRUK City of London Centre 2020 Development Fund Award and BCRT award BCRT/8021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS), a prevalent malignant bone tumor, has seen limited progress in treatment efficacy and patient outcomes over decades. Recent insights into the tumor microenvironment (TME) have revealed its crucial role in tumor progression and therapeutic resistance, particularly in OS. This review offers a comprehensive exploration of the OS microenvironment, meticulously dissecting its crucial components: the mesenchymal stromal TME, the immune microenvironment, hypoxia-induced adaptations, and the impact of the physical microenvironment. By demonstrating how these elements collectively drive tumor proliferation, immune evasion, and invasion, this review explores the intricate molecular and cellular dynamics at play. Furthermore, innovative approaches targeting the OS microenvironment, such as immunotherapies, are presented. This review highlights the importance of the TME in OS progression and its potential as a source of novel therapeutic strategies, offering new hope for improved patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Bone NeoplasmsOsteosarcomaTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyHypoxiaImmunotherapyMesenchymal stromaOsteosarcomaTherapeutic strategyTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40210800
PMCPMC11985652

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