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Oct 2026
Intratumoral desmoplastic stroma in carcinoma brain metastases harbors stromal cells with a cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF)-like immunophenotype.
A subset of carcinoma BM contains an IDS compartment with a CAF-like immunophenotype that is distinct from glioblastoma and normal brain and motivate mechanistic studies to define cellular origin, subtype composition, and functional roles.
D. Bandke, Serge Weis, Andreas Gruber et al.
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