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Newsletter Good to Know : l'actualité scientifique en cancérologie, vue par Gustave Roussy.

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Newsletter Good to Know : l'actualité scientifique en cancérologie, vue par Gustave Roussy.

Les cellules CAR-T

Les cellules CAR-T

Le traitement par cellules CAR-T (Chimeric Antigenic Receptor - T) ou CAR-T cells, est une stratégie d’immunothérapie cellulaire en plein développement, qui vise à combattre le cancer en s’appuyant sur le propre système immunitaire du patient.

Ovarian cancer

What is ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer develops from the various cells that make up the ovary. There are two main types of ovarian cancer:
 
  • Ovarian adenocarcinoma (90% of cases) when the tumour affects the (epithelial) cells on the outer surface of the organ.
  • Non-epithelial ovarian tumours (10% of cases), which are rare ovarian malignant tumours (ROMT). These tumours affect the stromal or germ cells of the ovary and include the following conditions:
- Sex cord tumours 
- Germ cell tumours 

Endometrial cancer

Endometrial cancer

What is endometrial cancer?

The endometrium is the innermost lining of the uterus.
Endometrial cancer develops when an initially healthy endometrial cell changes (e.g. due to a mutation) and then multiplies uncontrollably, forming a cluster of cancerous cells known as a tumour.

Cervical cancer

What is cervical cancer? 

The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus that leads to the vagina. It comprises two parts - the endocervix (leading towards the uterus) and the ectocervix (leading towards the vagina). 
Cervical cancer develops in the cervical mucosa. In most cases, the cancer originates in the epithelium of the cervical mucosa and is referred to as carcinoma. There are two types of cervical carcinoma:
 
  • Squamous cell carcinomas (85% of cases), which develop in the ectocervix

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