Introduction: Epidemiological evidence suggests an increased incidence of cancer in obese, prediabetic, and diabetic patients and a reduced risk of cancer incidence and mortality in diabetic patients on metformin compared with other antidiabetic drugs. In vitro studies support the efficacy of metformin in cancer therapy and prevention. Although...
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: Despite recent advances in ovarian cancer (OC) treatment, including the introduction of bevacizumab and PARP-inhibitors, OC remains a lethal disease. Other therapeutic options are being explored, such as immunotherapy (IT), which has been proved effective in many solid tumors. Findings about tumor-infiltrating cytotoxic and regulatory T...
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Human Natural Killer (NK) cells are all round players in immunity thanks to their powerful and immediate response against transformed cells and the ability to modulate the subsequent adaptive immune response. The potential of immunotherapies based on NK cell involvement has been initially revealed in the hematological setting but has inspired...
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