β-adrenergic-blocking drugs and melanoma: current state of the art.

abstract：:Androgen deprivation therapy is the standard of care for the initial treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. However, the majority of these patients live long enough to experience disease progression despite castration. This scenario is defined as castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and has a poor outcome and...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Gaya JM,Ahallal Y,Sanchez-Salas R,Barret E,Rozet F,Galiano M,Macek P,Durand M,Cerruti J,Prapotnich D,Ropert S,Bennamoun M,Cathelineau X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomas are a rare family of heterogeneous tumors of mesenchymal origin characterized by their bad prognosis. In addition, limited active therapeutic options are available. The cytotoxic drug gemcitabine and the inhibition of the mTOR pathway have demonstrated modest activity in sarcomas as monotherapy. However, prec...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Martin-Liberal J,Tirado OM,García del Muro X

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ are rare proliferative breast lesions, growing inside ducts and terminal ducto-lobular units. They represent a marker of increased risk for breast cancer and a non-obligate precursor of malignancy. Evidence available on diagnosis and management is scarce. They are fre...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Clauser P,Marino MA,Baltzer PA,Bazzocchi M,Zuiani C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare disorder with a prevalence of one case per 1.7 million people and a generally poor prognosis. It accounts for 0.02% of all cancer cases and 0.2% of cancer deaths. Within the past three decades, accurate diagnosis, precise radiologic localization, satisfactory preoperative medical man...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Haleblian GE,Wilson C,Haddad D,Albala DM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its introduction almost 40 years ago, intravesical BCG for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer remains one of the most successful cancer immunotherapies. However, up to 40% of patients will progress after BCG therapy and develop invasive bladder cancer. Despite its extensive clinical use, we are only beginning to...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Wu Y,Enting D,Rudman S,Chowdhury S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes account for around 2-3% of breast cancer events and more than 10% of triple negative breast cancers. Olaparib (Lynparza®), an orally administered PARP inhibitor, demonstrated clinical benefit in a phase III trial for mutated BRCA-positive HER2 negative metastatic breast c...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Griguolo G,Dieci MV,Guarneri V,Conte P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment landscape of metastatic prostate cancer has changed dramatically over the past five years. As new discoveries are made and further novel therapies become available, there is a heightened urgency to develop biomarkers that can guide prognoses and predict therapy responses. Circulating tumor ce...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Parimi S,Ko JJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the new era of 'precision' cancer medicine, new drug development has shifted from cytotoxic chemotherapy to molecularly targeted agents. Eribulin mesylate, a microtubule-destabilizing agent, is the only 'classical' cytotoxic agent approved for the treatment of breast cancer in the last 7 years. This synthetic analo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Polastro L,Aftimos PG,Awada A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone metastases are common among patients with stage IV genitourinary cancers. Most patients with bone metastases develop at least one debilitating and potentially life-limiting skeletal-related event. These events are associated with increased medical expenses and decreased quality of life. Current guidelines recomme...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Mulders PF,Abrahamsson PA,Bukowski RM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents. With combined modality treatment long-term survival rate for localized disease is near 70%. Thirty percent of patients relapse with lung as the commonest site. Surgery is the treatment of choice for relapsed patients whenever pos...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Vijayamurugan N,Bakhshi S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ductal carcinoma-in situ (DCIS) is a non-obligate precursor for invasive breast cancer and concern exists regarding the potential for overdiagnosis and overtreatment as the natural history of DCIS progression to invasive breast cancer may never occur or take decades in some cases. Preoperative systemic therapy window ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Kuerer HM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a meta-analysis to assess whether blood can be substituted for tumor tissue in K-ras mutation testing. PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and BIOSIS databases were searched. Twenty-three studies including 1261 patients were included. The pooled overall sensitivity, specificity, and concordance rate were 0.69 (95% C...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Li Y,Fu XH,Yuan JQ,Yang ZY,Mao C,Dong XM,Tang JL,Wang SY

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The success of the immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma has reinvigorated the field of immunotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are now the standard of care in multiple cancer types including lung cancer, head and neck cancer, urothelial cancer and renal cell cancer. The field of immunotherapy is cu...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： O'reilly A,Larkin J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) using [(18)F]-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-d-glucose (FDG) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic modality in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Data in the literature show that the addition of FDG-PET definitely alters clinical management in patients with potentially resectable NSC...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Oyen WJ,Bussink J,Verhagen AF,Corstens FH,Bootsma GP

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the Western world. The lungs can be affected by a number of histologically diverse malignancies. Nonetheless, the vast majority of lung cancers are classified as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite extensive research on different therapeutic regimens...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Galluzzo P,Bocchetta M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to outline the current approach to patients affected by metastasis to the long bones and to present a clinical and surgical algorithm available for clinicians and for future research. A modern approach to patients affected by long bone metastasis in fact requires a multidisciplinary cont...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Capanna R,Piccioli A,Di Martino A,Daolio PA,Ippolito V,Maccauro G,Piana R,Ruggieri P,Gasbarrini A,Spinelli MS,Campanacci DA,Italian Orthopaedic Society Bone Metastasis Study Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fludarabine is a prodrug that is converted to the free nucleoside 9-beta-D-arabinosyl-2-fluoroadenine (F-ara-A), which enters cells and accumulates mainly as the 5'-triphosphate, F-ara-ATP. F-ara-ATP has multiple mechanisms of action, which are mostly directed toward DNA. Collectively, these actions affect DNA synthes...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Montillo M,Ricci F,Tedeschi A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Endometrial cancer is a common gynecologic malignancy in the United States, and the recurrence rate depends on the disease stage at diagnosis. Recurrence can affect several areas and follow different patterns. AREAS COVERED:The role of surgery at the time of recurrence is not clearly defined. In this revi...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Zanfagnin V,Ferrero A,Biglia N,Aletti G,Gill SE,Makdisi PB,Multinu F,Mariani A

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:The development of immune-checkpoint inhibitors targeting the programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) axis has transformed the treatment paradigm in non-small-cell lung cancer, bringing about unprecedented 5-year survival rates. Despite this dramatic improvement, roughly 70% of patients do not der...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Alex F,Alfredo A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A systematic review was performed to explore the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes among cancer patients receiving PD-(L)1 inhibitors compared to those receiving traditional cytotoxic therapy. Areas covered: Citations from PubMed and the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting library w...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Abdel-Rahman O,Oweira H,Giryes A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer frequently presents late, when chances for long-term survival are poor. The increased survival advantage for patients diagnosed with early-stage ovarian cancer suggests that screening to detect early-stage disease might have an impact on disease mortality. Attempts are being made to develop effective sc...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Lewis S,Menon U

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer therapy relies on targeting highly proliferative cells. Commonly used chemotherapy does not selectively target individual cancer cells. The identification of distinct cancer stem cells that have the unique ability to engraft tumors and maintain cancer self-renewal may prove vital in the development of novel...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Klotz D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer is rare in patients below the age of 50 years, and most patients are in their 60s and 70s. Radical cystectomy is the preferred approach for patients with localized disease in most European countries and the USA, and evidence is growing in favor of neoadjuvant, platinum-based chemotherapy for patients at...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Basso U,Bassi P,Sava T,Monfardini S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of consensus classifications for renal epithelial neoplasia in 1996 and 1997 led to the recognition of renal adenoma, renal oncocytoma and metanephric adenoma/adenofibroma as benign tumors and conventional (clear cell) renal cell carcinoma (RCC), papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC and collecting duct carci...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Delahunt B,Velickovic M,Grebe SK

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:En bloc removal of the prostate has traditionally been an integral component of radical cystectomy for men with bladder cancer owing to a high incidence of occult prostatic malignancy. However, the risk of functional morbidity following this procedure is considerable and can delay patient acceptance of cystectomy, whi...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Kefer JC,Cherullo EE,Jones JS,Gong MC,Campbell SC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen receptor (AR) signaling is necessary for the development of prostate cancer. Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer was described over 50 years ago and ADT remains the mainstay of systemic therapy. AR signaling remains intact as the disease evolves to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Taplin ME

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma historically has a poor prognosis and the mortality rate has remained unchanged for over a decade. Common treatment options for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer include chemoradiation and/or chemotherapy. Single-agent gemcitabine has been considered the standard of care since...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Warsame R,Grothey A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00