Recent advances in the management of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

abstract：:Early diagnosis of lung cancer is important due to high mortality in late stages of the disease. An ideal approach for population screening could be the breath analysis, due to its non-invasiveness, simplicity and cheapness. Using sensitive methods of analysis like gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in exhaled air o...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Taivans I,Bukovskis M,Strazda G,Jurka N

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of certain lymphomas and leukemias, as well as many autoimmune diseases. Antagonistic B-cell antibodies are thus gaining an increasing role in the management of these diseases. The first antibody target in this regard was CD20, with the development and introduction of...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Goldenberg DM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is a common and potentially debilitating complication of cancer. Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp, Amgen) has been in routine clinical use for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia since 2002. The extended half-life of darbepoetin alfa permits less frequent and consequently more flexible dosing than other eryth...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Pirker R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue sarcomas are a diverse group of rare tumors that comprise 1% of all cancers. Few randomized trials of chemotherapy have been performed but there is a clear role for agents such as doxorubicin and ifosfamide in the palliation of advanced disease. There is uncertainty as to whether sequential single-agent tr...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Krikelis D,Judson I

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gliomas are the most prevalent type of primary brain tumor in adults. Despite progress in brain tumor therapy, the prognosis of malignant glioma patients remains dismal. The median survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common grade of malignant glioma, is 10-12 months. Conventional ther...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Sathornsumetee S,Rich JN

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-related anorexia/cachexia syndrome is a complex phenomenon in which metabolic abnormalities, proinflammatory cytokines produced by the host immune system, circulating tumor-derived catabolic factors, decreased food intake and probably additional unknown factors all play different roles. This review examines the...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Mantovani G,Macciò A,Madeddu C,Massa E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Drugs such as sorafenib, sunitinib and pazopanib act on the VEGF receptor pathway, but they can also inhibit other kinases, resulting in off-target toxicities. Tivozanib was developed due to its potency and selectivi...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Wong HH,Eisen T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The term 'morphomics' stands for the markers of body composition in muscle and adipose tissues. in recent years, as part of clinical cancer research, several associations between morphomics and outcome or toxicity were found in different treatment settings leading to a growing interest. we aim to review st...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Bayar MA,Antoun S,Lanoy E

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major issue with current cancer therapy is how to ensure the maximum benefit with minimum toxicity for individual patients. With the progress of the human genome project have come high-throughput technologies for the analysis of DNA, gene expression or tumor protein in an efficient and quantitative manner. This revi...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： McLeod HL

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined therapy with temozolomide and radiotherapy is a standard treatment and improves the survival for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. However, the prognosis remains poor, with a median survival time of 12-15 months. Currently, several clinical trials of dose-dense temozolomide regimen or molecular-targ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Shirai K,Chakravarti A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cancer genome sequencing studies have discovered mutations in members of the SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin-remodeling complex in nearly 25% of human cancers. The SWI/SNF complex, first discovered in S. cerevisiae, shows strong conservation from yeast to Drosophila to mammals, contains ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Orlando KA,Nguyen V,Raab JR,Walhart T,Weissman BE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain malignancy. The current standard of therapy consists of surgical resection followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide. Despite steady advances in all therapeutic modalities, clinical improvements have been slow and the prognosis remains poo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Wardak Z,Choe KS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between venous thromboembolism (VTE) and malignancy was first recognized more than 135 years ago. Since then, a markedly increased incidence of VTE has been found in patients with malignant disease. Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated that malignancy or its treatment are major risk factors for ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Gao S,Escalante C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncolytic viruses are novel anticancer agents, currently under investigation in Phase I-III clinical trials. Until recently, most studies have focused on the direct antitumor properties of these viruses, although there is now an increasing body of evidence that the host immune response may be critical to the efficacy ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Prestwich RJ,Harrington KJ,Pandha HS,Vile RG,Melcher AA,Errington F

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Pembrolizumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor with high specificity for binding to the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor. It has been approved by the FDA in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy whose tumors express the programmed ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： De Felice F,Giudice E,Bolomini G,Distefano MG,Scambia G,Fagotti A,Marchetti C

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of renal tumors has evolved rapidly over the last two decades, with the ascendance of nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), largely spurred by the increased incidental detection of small renal masses (SRMs) and evidence that preservation of renal parenchyma reduces the risk of chronic kidney disease. The field...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Nguyen CT,Campbell SC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Second European Lung Cancer Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 28 April to 1 May 2010, under the cosponsorship of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and the European Society for Medical Oncology. The main topics included: tobacco control, which represents a crucial challenge fo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Girard N,Mornex F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs, which are small single-stranded RNA molecules composed of 18-23 nts, act as oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes playing important roles in the processes of tumor formation, infiltration and metastasis. Lung cancer currently has the highest morbidity and mortality among all malignant tumors; yet, lack of early ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Jiang C,Hu X,Alattar M,Zhao H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As diagnostic and therapeutic options increase, strategies for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are becoming more tailored for specific patient subpopulations and individual patients. The introduction of therapy targeted against the EGF receptor (EGFR) pathway has provided new treatment options for ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Batus M,Fidler MJ,Bonomi PD

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raltitrexed is a cytotoxic agent, rationally designed to inhibit a specific molecular target, thymidylate synthase. In contrast to other agents, raltitrexed inhibits thymidylate synthase directly and specifically in a mixed, noncompetitive manner, which may lead to an improved toxicity profile. After promising Phase I...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Surmont VF,van Meerbeeck JP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer has been clarified by recent randomized studies and meta-analyses, which all showed that cisplatin-based, combination chemotherapy offers a significant survival advantage. Preoperative chemotherapy results in downstaging in a significant percentage...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Bamias A,Dimopoulos MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical practice, approximately 50% of new cases of breast cancer occur in women over the age of 65 years, although very few elderly women have been enrolled in the numerous randomized trials conducted so far. Notwithstanding less aggressive biologic features compared with younger patients, breast cancer impacts o...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Basso U,Brunello A,Pogliani C,Monfardini S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immunotherapy has emerged as a major class in the therapeutic arsenal of multiple myeloma. Cell-based immunotherapy (CAR T-cells) and monoclonal antibody-based immunotherapy (naked monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, and bispecific T-cell engagers) are the two cornerstones of this novel approa...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Jullien M,Touzeau C,Moreau P

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumor of the liver and the third largest cause of cancer-relateddeaths worldwide. Potentially curative treatments (surgical resection, radiofrequency or liver transplantation) are only available for few patients, while transarterial chemoembolizat...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Casadei-Gardini A,Orsi G,Caputo F,Ercolani G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we first describe the history of transsphenoidal surgery. We further elaborate on three fundamental surgical anatomy principles of transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas. First, the pituitary gland and, therefore, pituitary adenomas are extra-arachnoid structures, therefore the operation should...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Ciric IS,Zhao J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis contributes to over 90% of cancer-related deaths. Many types of cancer metastasize via the bloodstream, where circulating tumor cells (CTCs) originating from the primary tumor can undergo selectin-mediated adhesion with the blood vessel wall and subsequently transmigrate to anatomically distant organs. In a...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Mitchell MJ,King MR

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of colorectal cancers is rising worldwide and pulmonary metastases were seen in approximately 10-15% of all patients. Surgical metastasectomy is a widely accepted procedure in selected patients and is considered as the only curative option in patients with secondary pulmonary malignancy. But surgical res...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Limmer S,Unger L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated partial breast irradiation has been investigated in selected patients with early-stage breast cancer. Accelerated partial breast irradiation limits the radiation target to the volume of tissue immediately surrounding the lumpectomy cavity and reduces the overall treatment time from approximately 6 weeks to...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Cuttino LW,Vicini FA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cancers occur with increased frequency in individuals with HIV infection. There is a debate as to whether or not hepatocellular cancer is one of these tumors. This article reviews the current data regarding incidence etiology, treatment and outcome for HIV-related hepatocellular cancer. It also attempts to...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Powles T,Macdonald D,Nelson M,Stebbing J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is a distinct disorder characterized by a monoclonal immunoglobulin M paraprotein and morphological evidence of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. It is relatively rare, accounting for approximately 2% of all hematological malignancies. The aim of treatment for patients with Waldenström's macr...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Johnson SA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00