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Pinpointing ovarian cancer prognosis by counting immune cells
For many cancer types, the more tumor-attacking immune cells that find their way into the tumor, the better the patient’s chances of survival. But counting these armies of cells had proven difficult, meaning this correlation couldn’t be used in the clinic to determine cancer patients’ prognoses and help guide their treatment.