• Cd11c‐cd8 spatial cross presentation: A novel approach to link immune surveillance and patient survival in soft tissue sarcoma 

      Su, Yanhong; Tsagozis, Panagiotis; Papakonstantinou, Andri; Tobin, Nicholas P.; Gultekin, Okan; Malmerfelt, Anna; Ingelshed, Katrine; Neo, Shi Yong; Lundquist, Johanna; Chaabane, Wiem; Nisancioglu, Maya H.; Leiss, Lina; Östman, Arne; Bergh, Jonas; Sedimbi, Saikiran K.; Lehti, Kaisa; Lehti, Kaisa; Lundqvist, Andreas; Stragliotto, Christina L.; Haglund, Felix; Ehnman, Monika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Checkpoint inhibitors are slowly being introduced in the care of specific sarcoma subtypes such as undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, and angiosarcoma even though formal indication is lacking. ...
    • An idiosyncratic zonated stroma encapsulates desmoplastic liver metastases and originates from injured liver 

      Fernández Moro, Carlos; Geyer, Natalie; Harrizi, Sara; Hamidi, Yousra; Söderqvist, Sara; Kuznyecov, Danyil; Tidholm Qvist, Evelina; Salmonson Schaad, Media; Hermann, Laura; Lindberg, Amanda; Heuchel, Rainer L.; Martín-Bernabé, Alfonso; Dhanjal, Soniya; Navis, Anna C.; Villard, Christina; del Valle, Andrea C.; Bozóky, Lorand; Sparrelid, Ernesto; Dirix, Luc; Strell, Carina; Östman, Arne; Schmierer, Bernhard; Vermeulen, Peter B.; Engstrand, Jennie; Bozóky, Béla; Gerling, Marco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      A perimetastatic capsule is a strong positive prognostic factor in liver metastases, but its origin remains unclear. Here, we systematically quantify the capsule’s extent and cellular composition in 263 patients with ...
    • Prognostic and predictive impact of stroma cells defned by PDGFRb expression in early breast cancer: results from the randomized SweBCG91RT trial 

      Strell, Carina; Stenmark Tullberg, Axel; Edelmann, Reidunn Jetne; Akslen, Lars Andreas; Malmström, Per-Uno; Fernö, Mårten; Holmberg, Erik; Östman, Arne; Karlsson, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Purpose Predictive biomarkers are needed to aid the individualization of radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer. Cancer-associated fibroblasts have been implicated in tumor radioresistance and can be identified by platelet-derived ...
    • Vessel size as a marker of survival in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer 

      Milosevic, Vladan; Edelmann, Reidunn Jetne; Winge, Ingeborg; Strell, Carina; Mezheyeuski, Artur; Knutsvik, Gøril; Askeland, Cecilie; Wik, Elisabeth; Akslen, Lars Andreas; Östman, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Purpose: Angiogenesis is crucial for tumor growth and is one of the hallmarks of cancer. In this study, we analyzed microvessel density, vessel median size, and perivascular a-SMA expression as prognostic biomarkers in ...