Advances in diagnosis and management of oligodendroglioma.

abstract：:Introduction: Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive neuroendocrine tumour, and its outcome is strongly conditioned by the rapid onset of resistance to conventional chemotherapeutics. First-line treatment with a combination of platinum agents and topoisomerase inhibitors has been the standard of care for...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Van Den Borg R,Leonetti A,Tiseo M,Giovannetti E,Peters GJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Despite a variety of therapies for advanced metastatic colorectal cancer being available, the outcomes in this malignancy remain suboptimal. Immunotherapy has been slow to impact the management of this patient group. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as nivolumab, have had disappointing results when used broadly...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Smith KM,Desai J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the prognostic role of biomarkers in colorectal cancer is limited and the routine determination for clinical practice is not warranted. However, for some of these markers, data are promising enough for further evaluation. This review addresses a comprehensive analysis of prognostic biomarkers in colorecta...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Graziano F,Catalano V,Baldelli AM,Cascinu S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its increasing incidence over the last 30 years, the mortality rate of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has decreased significantly. Nevertheless, a minority of patients still present with an aggressive form of PTC that can lead to death, even after a prolonged period of survival. Many classifications exist that...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Miccoli P,Miccoli M,Antonelli A,Minuto MN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel targeted agents, such as VEGF receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs) and mTOR inhibitors, have improved therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Sequential administration of agents with similar mechanisms of action has shown some efficacy in small retrospective studies; however, prospective Phase I...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Larkin J,Swanton C,Pickering L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen has been shown to reduce the incidence of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer by approximately 50% in high-risk women. Similar results are seen for raloxifene, but it has a more favorable side-effect profile. Data on contralateral tumors from women in adjuvant trials treated with aromatase inhibitors su...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Cuzick J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmelanoma skin cancer is the most prevalent malignant disease among light-skinned individuals in the USA, accounting for approximately 1 million new cases annually. Solar ultraviolet radiation is known to be the major cause of skin cancer. The idea that diet, particularly dietary fat, may play a role in modulating c...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Black HS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual conference of the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc), recently renamed the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), provides clinicians and scientists with a uniquely broad yet focused view of the growing field of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy. In this time of exci...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Kotlan B,Balwit JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (SCCUB) is a rare and aggressive disease. To date, no standard treatment has been proposed due to the lack of prospective studies resulting from the rarity of this disease. Recently published studies of relatively large patient cohorts, however, have shed some light on the m...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Koga F,Yokoyama M,Fukushima H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alemtuzumab (Campath, MabCampath) is a humanized therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) that recognizes the CD52 antigen expressed on normal and neoplastic lymphoid cells. This mAb is active in previously treated patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) refractory to alkylating agents and purine nucleo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Robak T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In breast cancer, estrogen receptor (ER) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) are essential biomarkers to predict response to endocrine and anti-HER2 therapies, respectively. In metastatic breast cancer, the use of these receptors and targeted therapies present additional challenges: tempora...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Martínez-Pérez C,Turnbull AK,Dixon JM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has been drastically changed by the approval of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). CML is now managed as a chronic disease requiring both long-term treatment and close molecular monitoring in the majority of patients. AREAS COVERED:Evidence suggests that in ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Stagno F,Breccia M,Di Raimondo F

更新日期：2020-12-01 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: Management of clinically negative neck (cN0) in patients with parotid gland cancer is controversial. Treatment options can include observation, elective neck dissection or elective radiotherapy. Areas covered: We addressed the treatment options for cN0 patients with parotid gland cancer. A literature rev...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Vartanian JG,Gonçalves Filho J,Kowalski LP,Shah JP,Suárez C,Rinaldo A,De Bree R,Rodrigo JP,Hamoir M,Takes RP,Mäkitie AA,Zbären P,Andreasen S,Poorten VV,Sanabria A,Hellquist H,Robbins KT,Bödeker CC,Silver C,Ferlito A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Despite dramatic improvements in survival achieved with currently available anti-HER2 agents, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer remains an almost invariably deadly disease, with primary or acquired resistance to HER2-directed agents developing during treatment. Many efforts are focused on identifyin...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Viale G,Morganti S,Ferraro E,Zagami P,Marra A,Curigliano G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although testicular cancer is currently a rare disease, the incidence is rising. The most important risk factor remains cryptorchism and there is a variable association with testicular microlithiasis. Serum tumor markers remain important for diagnosis, and they have prognostic value and can be used to monitor therapy ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Balk C,Witjes JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) represent a range of bone marrow disorders, with patients affected by cytopenias and risk of progression to AML. There are limited therapeutic options available for patients, including hypomethylating agents (azacitidine/decitabine), growth factor support, lenalidomide, and ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Feld J,Belasen A,Navada SC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells generally maintain their survival by suppressing apoptosis. Mitochondrial mechanisms are involved in most forms of apoptosis (referred to as mitochondrial apoptosis), and the Bcl-2 family controls apoptosis at the mitochondrion via a balance of the effects of pro- and antiapoptotic members. Antiapoptotic ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Gardner CR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the spread of cells from a primary tumor to a distant site, where they arrest and grow to form a secondary tumor. Conventional metastasis models have focused primarily on analysis of end point tumor formation following inoculation with tumor cells. This approach can be used to measure the metastatic pote...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： MacDonald IC,Chambers AF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gastric cancer is one of a few gastrointestinal malignancies in which immunotherapy has shown meaningful activity. Pembrolizumab is the first and only immune checkpoint inhibitor to be FDA-approved in gastric cancer. Areas Covered: This review summarizes the current and emerging clinical evidence for immun...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Kamath SD,Kalyan A,Benson AB 3rd

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer is the most frequently occurring tumor of the urinary system, with over 10,000 new diagnoses each year in the UK. Approximately 70% of these are non-muscle-invasive and limited to the mucosa (Ta) or submucosa (T1). These tumors are generally managed with transurethral resection followed by adjuvant intr...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Cheung G,Dasgupta P,Guru KA,Billia M,Khan MS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens are involved in numerous physiological processes and have crucial roles in certain disease states, such as mammary carcinomas. Estradiol, the most potent endogenous estrogen, is biosynthesized from androgens by the cytochrome P450 enzyme complex called aromatase. Aromatase is found in breast tissue and the i...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Brueggemeier RW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the USA. Although there have been major improvements in surgical and radiation techniques, the overall survival has not changed significantly in the last decade. The major changes occurring in recent years have been in the ability to preserve organs and to improv...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Popovtzer A,Eisbruch A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satraplatin is a novel, orally bioavailable, platinum anticancer drug. Platinum analogs form the mainstay of treatment for a number of cancers, including lung, ovarian, colorectal and head and neck cancer. A disadvantage of the currently marketed platinum analogs is that they must all be administered via intravenous i...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Choy H

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Regional lymph node irradiation is usually indicated in patients with positive node breast cancer. However, there are some controversies regarding the clinical benefits of adding regional nodal irradiation to whole-breast or thoracic-wall irradiation after breast surgery especially for patients with 1 to 3 positive ax...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Marta GN,de Moraes FY

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Tamoxifen, as an essential therapeutic tool in the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, has been available for the past three decades and is currently being utilized as a chemo-preventive agent for patients at high risk for breast carcinoma. However, the induction of chemo-resistance duri...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Merikhian P,Ghadirian R,Farahmand L,Mansouri S,Majidzadeh-A K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several nanoformulated anti-cancer substances are currently commercialized or under development. Pre-clinical and clinical results have revealed better properties, that is, larger efficacy and lower toxicity for these substances than for conventional anti-cancer treatments. Here, we review the development of several o...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Alphandéry E,Grand-Dewyse P,Lefèvre R,Mandawala C,Durand-Dubief M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00