Nitric oxide: role in tumour biology and iNOS/NO-based anticancer therapies.

abstract：PURPOSE:The survival benefit of chemotherapy (CTx) compared with best supportive care (BSC) is unclear in patients with recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (R/M-ESCC) previously treated with fluorouracil (FU), platinum (PT), and taxane (TAX). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The data of 283 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Nomura M,Iwasa S,Tsushima T,Kato K,Yasui H,Boku N,Muto M,Muro K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Topotecan is widely used for refractory solid tumors but multi-drug resistance may occur due to tumor expression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. Since erlotinib, an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor, also inhibits several ABC transporters, we performed a phase I study to evaluate the...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Stewart CF,Tagen M,Schwartzberg LS,Blakely LJ,Tauer KW,Smiley LM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Platinum-based chemotherapy is the recognized first-line treatment for metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, no standard treatment regimens have been established. This phase II study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a paclitaxel, cisplatin and 5-FU combination in metastatic and/...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Chen C,Wang FH,An X,Luo HY,Wang ZQ,Liang Y,Zhang L,Li YH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ibrutinib is an orally administered, irreversible Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor for treatment of B-cell malignancy. This study evaluated the effects of single-dose ibrutinib at therapeutic and supratherapeutic exposures on cardiac repolarization in healthy subjects. METHODS:Part 1 used an open-label, two-...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： de Jong J,Hellemans P,Jiao JJ,Huang Y,Mesens S,Sukbuntherng J,Ouellet D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study the maximum tolerated dose of 5-fluorouracil administered by 5-day (120-h) continuous infusion every 4 weeks was investigated and the pharmacokinetics in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma were evaluated. METHODS:Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma no longer amenable to established forms o...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Ueno H,Okada S,Okusaka T,Ikeda M,Kuriyama H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Little information is available about changes in renal function after cisplatin-based chemotherapy (CBCT) in patients with a solitary kidney. The authors evaluated the renal safety and efficacy of CBCT after nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract-urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC). METHODS:The data of patients ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Cho KS,Joung JY,Seo HK,Cho IC,Chung HS,Chung J,Lee KH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood stem and progenitor cells (PBSC and PBPC), which circulate at very low levels during steady-state hematopoiesis, show a transient but marked increase during hematologic recovery from marrow-suppressive chemotherapy. To ensure rapid and sustained hematologic engraftment after autologous PBSC transplant...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Harada M,Teshima T,Fujisaki T,Mizuno S,Miyamoto T,Takamatsu Y,Kubota A,Ohno Y,Kuroiwa M,Takenaka K,Eto T,Akashi K,Gondo H,Okamura T,Inaba S,Niho Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotherapeutic effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) are mediated by the retinoic acid receptor beta (RARbeta), but RARbeta expression is reduced in a number of head and neck carcinoma (HNSCC) cells which causes resistance to RA treatment in half the patients with HNSCC. The possible mechanism for the reduce...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Whang YM,Choi EJ,Seo JH,Kim JS,Yoo YD,Kim YH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Temozolomide (TMZ) is a widely used oral alkylating agent that has been associated with the development of severe hematologic adverse events (HAEs). Limited clinical information about HAEs is available. METHODS:We searched the FDA MedWatch database for TMZ and obtained all MedWatch reports on TMZ submitted to ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Villano JL,Letarte N,Yu JM,Abdur S,Bressler LR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain tumor lacks effective delivery system for treatment. Focused ultrasound (FUS) can reversibly open BBB without impacts on normal tissues. As a potential drug carrier, cationic liposomes (CLs) have the ability to passively accumulate in tumor tissues for their positive charge. In this study, FUS introduced doxorub...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Lin Q,Mao KL,Tian FR,Yang JJ,Chen PP,Xu J,Fan ZL,Zhao YP,Li WF,Zheng L,Zhao YZ,Lu CT

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dose-ranging study with oral levonantradol was performed in 20 cancer patients. The optimum oral dose which attenuated vomiting accompanying chemotherapy was 1 mg 4-hourly. Side-effects comprised dizziness, confusion, euphoria, drowsiness, and difficulty in concentrating. There was no cardiovascular toxicity. Overal...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Welsh J,Stuart F,Sangster G,Milstead R,Kaye S,Cash H,Charlton D,Calman K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the release of histamine elicited by some antineoplastic drugs in rat pleural and peritoneal mast cells. The drugs tested included the antibiotic mitomycin; the anthracyclines daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and epirubicin; the glycopeptide bleomycin; the chromopeptide dactinomycin; the platinum coordination com...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Botana LM,Arnaez E,Vieytes MR,Alfonso A,Louzao MC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether cisplatin would enhance the radioresponse of a human tumour xenograft when given in different schedules combined with accelerated fractionated radiation therapy. A human squamous carcinoma of the hypopharynx, FaDu, was grown in the thigh of athymic nude mice. Tum...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Joschko MA,Webster LK,Bishop JF,Groves J,Yuen K,Olver IN,Narayan KN,Ball DL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AspCNU and SarCNU are two amino acid amide congeners (L-asparaginamide and sarcosinamide congeners) of chloroethylnitrosoureas. The in vitro myelotoxicity of these agents compared with BCNU at 1-8 micrograms/ml was determined in bone marrow cells from normal volunteers in the CFU-C assay. AspCNU and SarCNU were signif...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Panasci LC,Dufour M,Chevalier L,Isabel G,Lazarus P,McQuillan A,Arbit E,Brem S,Feindel W

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since the estrogen receptor (ER) beta was discovered in 1996, we have been trying to determine its value as a prognostic and/or predictive factor in breast cancer and its potential as a novel target for pharmacological intervention. Recent progress in cellular experiments has shown that ERbeta works as counter pa...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Saji S,Hirose M,Toi M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Afatinib is an irreversible ErbB family blocker currently under evaluation in late-stage clinical trials. This study primarily assessed the cardiac safety, pharmacokinetics and antitumor activity of afatinib in cancer patients. METHODS:In this multicenter, Phase II, open-label, single-arm trial, 60 patients wi...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Molife LR,Rudman SM,Alam S,Tan DS,Kristeleit H,Middleton G,Propper D,Bent L,Stopfer P,Uttenreuther-Fischer M,Wallenstein G,de Bono J,Spicer J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patupilone (EPO906) is a novel potent microtubule stabilizer, which has been evaluated for cancer treatment. A novel physiologically based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) model was developed based on nonclinical data to predict the disposition of patupilone in cancer patients. METHODS:After a single intravenous dose (...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Xia B,Heimbach T,Lin TH,He H,Wang Y,Tan E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 54 patients with advanced breast cancer, 21/37 (57%) with oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumours and 11/17 (65%) with oestrogen receptor-negative (ER-) tumours responded to cytotoxic chemotherapy. These data and a survey of the literature indicate that oestrogen receptor status is not a determinant of response t...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Rubens RD,King RJ,Sexton S,Minton MJ,Hayward JL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Because HCC usually presents as an advanced disease and occurs in the background of liver cirrhosis, most patients are not suitable for treatment with curative intent, thus effective systemic chemotherapy is required. However, the ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Kim SJ,Seo HY,Choi JG,Sul HR,Sung HJ,Park KH,Choi IK,Oh SC,Yoon SY,Seo JH,Choi CW,Kim BS,Shin SW,Kim YH,Kim JS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Axitinib is a potent and selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1-3, approved for second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Preclinical studies did not indicate potential for axitinib-induced delayed cardiac repolarization. METHODS:The effect of axitinib on corr...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Ruiz-Garcia A,Houk BE,Pithavala YK,Toh M,Sarapa N,Tortorici MA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium cyanate (NaOCN) at a dose of 250 mg/kg was shown to decrease protein synthesis in P388 leukemia tumor cells to approximately 52% of control values at 2 h and 32% at 5 h after NaOCN administration, without a corresponding decrease in various normal tissues of the tumor-bearing CD2Fl mice. CD2Fl mice that had rec...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Dufour M,St Germain J,Skalski V,Dorato A,Lazarus P,Panasci LC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of low-dose-intensity bevacizumab and weekly irinotecan as salvage treatment for patients with platinum- and taxanes-resistant advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS:Fifty-two patients with platinum- and taxanes-resistant advanced epithelia...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Liu Y,Ren Z,Xu S,Bai H,Ma N,Wang F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old man who had achieved a complete remission of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma after the intraperitoneal administration of 25 mg/m2 mitoxantrone presented with clinical and radiological signs of intestinal obstruction suggestive of recurrent disease at about 2 years following the initial treatment. Howev...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Vlasveld LT,Taal BG,Kroon BB,Gallee MP,Rodenhuis S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of cells of the K-562 erythroleukemia cell line to 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC), an analog of activated cyclophosphamide, causes a concentration-dependent inhibition of in vitro colony formation by these cells. For investigation of the role of glutathione (GSH) in the metabolism of 4-HC, GSH levels of...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Peters RH,Ballard K,Oatis JE,Jollow DJ,Stuart RK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ridaforolimus, a potent inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), is under development for the treatment for solid tumors. This open-label, randomized, 3-period crossover study investigated the effect of food on the pharmacokinetics of ridaforolimus 40 mg as well as safety and tolerability of the s...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Stroh M,Li X,Marsilio S,Panebianco D,Johnson-Levonas A,Juan A,Orford K,Agrawal N,Trucksis M,Wagner JA,Murphy G,Iwamoto M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in cDNA microarray techniques have enabled us to study the expression of many genes simultaneously. As gastric cancer remains one of the most common cancers in Japan, we studied gene expression profiles in gastric cancer by cDNA microarray analysis to determine if it would be clinically useful. We demo...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Haraguchi N,Inoue H,Mimori K,Tanaka F,Utsunomiya T,Yoshikawa K,Mori M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Isobologram analysis has been widely used for evaluating the combined effect of two antitumor drugs in vitro as a pre-clinical screening test. In this study, we tried to extend two-dimensional isobologram analysis to three dimensions for evaluating the effects of a three-drug combination. METHODS:We selected t...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Mogi H,Hasegawa Y,Watanabe A,Nomura F,Saka H,Shimokata K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For years, MDA-MB-435 cells have been widely but erroneously used as breast cancer cells with aggressive behaviour. Recent data show that they are in fact melanoma cells. However, many scientists are still unaware of this "new" identity. ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Lacroix M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:One of the major problems of cancer chemotherapy is the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. Among the numerous mechanisms of MDR, a prominent one is the increased expression of membrane transporter proteins, the action of which leads to decreased intracellular drug concentration and cytotoxicit...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Dönmez Y,Akhmetova L,İşeri ÖD,Kars MD,Gündüz U

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, melatonin has been associated with cancer both in vitro and in vivo. However, the value of melatonin in the treatment of cancer remains disputable. Hence, we performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of melatonin in solid tumor cancer patients and observed its effect on t...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Wang YM,Jin BZ,Ai F,Duan CH,Lu YZ,Dong TF,Fu QL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00