Abstract 6154: Distinct immunosuppressive environments elicited in vessel co-opting and angiogenic colorectal cancer liver metastases and changes following treatment (original) (raw)

Cancer Research

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and 50% of CRC patients develop liver metastases. Colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM) present as two major histological growth patterns (HGP) that predict response to treatment/survival: 1. angiogenic tumors characterized by a desmoplastic stroma separating CRC cells from the liver parenchyma and are highly angiogenic and 2. co-opting tumors where tumor cells infiltrate the parenchymal cells in the liver and grow by co-opting the sinusoidal blood vessels between the liver cell plates without sprouting angiogenesis. Angiogenic tumors receiving neoadjuvant anti-angiogenics (anti-VEGF) and chemotherapy have more than double the 5-year overall survival compared to patients with co-opting tumors who have received the same neoadjuvant regimen. In addition, our clinical data revealed that anti-angiogenics could negatively affect outcomes in patients with co-opting lesions. The goal of our study is to understand how th...

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