Pagotto et al reported that autophagy blockade impairs the canonical properties of ovarian cancer stem cells such as self‐renewal/maintenance rather than proliferation inhibition.16 In our experiments, EOCSCs were transfected with control siRNA (si‐NC), BECN1 siRNA (si‐BECN1), or ATG5 siRNA (si‐ATG5). This evidence concerns the gene ATG5 and ovarian carcinoma.