Abstract：
:The use of megestrol acetate in treatment of malignancy (endometrial carcinoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma), endometrial hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, contraception, anorexia, cachexia and weight loss is reviewed, concluding with a toxicity profile. Megestrol acetate was introduced in 1971 for treatment of endometrial carcinoma. Megestrol acetate is probably effective in proportion to the number of cytoplasmic progesterone receptors, but it has not been tested in a Phase III trial. For ovarian cancer it has been reported to be effective in 1 trail at doses of 800 mg/day. Prostate cancer, although difficult to assess, responds to megestrol acetate at doses of 120 mg/day because of its suppression of gonadotropins, its inhibition of 5alpha-reductase and its binding to the dihydrotestosterone receptor. Megestrol acetate permits a lower dose of diethylstilbestrol, and thus lower toxicity. There is apparently a dose-response between megestrol acetate and breast cancer, along with a response dependent on the number and type of estrogen and progestin receptors. Responses are better in postmenopausal women, and additive with other agents such as tamoxifen and mitomycin C. The medium duration of effect is 6-8 months. It has no effect on renal cancer or malignant melanoma. Megestrol acetate can be considered as an effective medical alternative to surgery for endometrial hyperplasia or benign prostatic hypertrophy. As a contraceptive in inhibits sperm transport rather than ovulation, but also causes irregular bleeding. Megestrol acetate has few side effects, and has the advantage of stimulating appetite and weight gain, a benefit in cancer patients.
journal_name
Cancer Treat Revjournal_title
Cancer treatment reviewsauthors
Schacter L,Rozencweig M,Canetta R,Kelley S,Nicaise C,Smaldone Ldoi
10.1016/0305-7372(89)90004-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-03-01 00:00:00pages
49-63issue
1eissn
0305-7372issn
1532-1967pii
0305-7372(89)90004-2journal_volume
16pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Although surgery provides excellent control for localized prostate cancer, pathologic examination of more than one-third of specimens will reveal positive surgical margins, seminal vesicle invasion, and/or extracapsular extension, thus putting these patients at increased risk of cancer recurrence. "Adjuvant" radiother...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.07.001
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This review summarizes emerging information regarding the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway during neoplastic transformation in the gastrointestinal tract. Although there is a role for the well-established canonical pathway in which Hedgehog ligands interact with their receptor Patched, there is sufficient evidence that...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.08.003
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Prostate cancer (CaP) is one of the most common malignancies in men, with an increasing incidence. Despite significant advances in surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat CaP, many patients unfortunately succumb to secondary disease (metastases). The invasive ability of tumour cells plays a key role in CaP met...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2007.06.003
更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:At diagnosis, 25-40% of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are 70 years of age or older, and many of them have been undertreated because of fear of excessive toxicity associated with chemotherapy. Papers retrieved by a Medline search using the key words "elderly or older" and "small cell lung cancer" and by a...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2003.12.006
更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in progression to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Despite the recent progress in targeting persistent AR activity with the next-generation hormonal therapies (abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide), resistance to these agents limits therapeutic effica...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2015.12.003
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:During the last decade, important progress has been made in the surgical treatment of malignant liver tumors in children. For hepatoblastoma, there is a general consensus for combining surgical resection with neoadjuvant (and adjuvant) chemotherapy. Long-term disease-free survival of around 85-90% can be achieved for ...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.02.013
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:A relationship between baseline tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and outcomes has been described in HER2-positive breast cancer. Nevertheless, the magnitude of this association and whether this effect differs based on the type of anti-HER2 agent remain controversial. This meta-analysis investigated the a...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2017.04.005
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cancer is increasingly being viewed as a chronic illness requiring long-term management, and there is a growing need for evidence-based rehabilitation interventions for cancer survivors. Previous reviews have evaluated the benefits of exercise interventions for patients undergoing cancer treatment and long...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.11.003
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) is most frequently seen in the liver. Resection of metastases remains the treatment of choice; however, the majority of patients are ineligible for surgery due to unfavorable location, size, or number of metastases; insufficient liver reserve; or extrahepatic disease. The activity of...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2008.01.004
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Capecitabine is an orally administered fluoropyrimidine carbamate which has been developed as a prodrug of 5-FU with the goal to improve its tolerability and intratumoral drug concentration. The review aims to provide an evidence-based update of clinical trials investigating the clinical efficacy, adverse-event profil...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0305-7372(10)70020-7
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who are diagnosed with cancer want advice on how they may alter their diet or which diet supplements they should take to augment chemotherapy. METHODS:We conducted a review of the literature mostly from the last 15 years on the interaction between dietary constituents and antineoplastic therapy in ...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2006.12.004
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are widely utilized to prevent neutropenic complications in both adults and children, but randomized controlled trials in the pediatric setting have reported varied results. A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis were conducted to definitively assess the...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2006.03.002
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty patients with malignant lymphomas refractory to prior combination chemotherapy were treated with ifosfamide (40 mg/kg/day i.v. days 1-5) and etoposide (120 mg/m2/day i.v., days 1, 3, 5). Altogether, 56 courses of treatment were given with prophylaxis of urinary side effects by mesna (8 mg/kg i.v. 0, 4, 8 hours ...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0305-7372(83)80019-x
更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for ∼10-20% of breast cancers and is associated with relatively poor prognosis, earlier disease recurrence and higher number of visceral metastases. Despite an increasing understanding of the molecular heterogeneity of TNBC, clinical trials of targeted agents have thus far...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2016.09.004
更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The immune system plays an important role in cancer pathogenesis. A low lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), as a simple biomarker of host immune system, has been suggested to be related to poor prognosis in various cancers. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the prognostic value o...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2015.10.003
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two regimens were tested, CHAP I and CHAP II, the latter, a hexamethylmelamine dosage-intensive regimen, first as second line (salvage) therapy and then as primary therapy. Both produced the most successful results achieved in the Mount Sinai series up to the time of their introduction, when compared to their predeces...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/0305-7372(91)90025-u
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nowadays, cancer has been a frequent disease, and the first or second most common cause of death worldwide. Despite a better understanding of the biology of cancer cells, the therapy of most cancers has not significantly changed for the past four decades. It is because conventional chemotherapies and/or radiation ther...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.10.004
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Differentiated thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, and its incidence has been rising rapidly over the past 10 years. Although most patients with this disease have an excellent prognosis, a subset develops a more aggressive disease phenotype refractory to conventional therapies. Until recently, ther...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2015.06.002
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was administered in the domiciliary environment in 143 pre-terminally and terminally ill tumour patients suffering either from excruciating chronic pain or severe chronic/acute complex pain that could not be relieved adequately by oral analgesia. Morphine solutions were infused subcu...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0305-7372(96)90076-6
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Vinorelbine is a semi-synthetic vinca alkaloid that has been shown active in many tumour types and is currently registered for the treatment of advanced breast cancer (ABC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This agent has a generally favourable safety profile, and may be suitable for use in special populations s...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.12.008
更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the early stages of this phase I study the tolerance of carboplatin intraperitoneally was good. Pharmacokinetic profiles suggest a possible therapeutic advantage for giving the drug intraperitoneally for the treatment of tumour nodules situated in the peritoneum. The extent of penetration of carboplatin through tum...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0305-7372(85)90016-7
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare proliferative disorder of cells with the phenotype of activated Langerhans cells. The diagnosis of LCH is often delayed or missed. Many questions about LCH remain to be answered, including whether it is caused by a malignancy or by immune dysregulation. Data from the early...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.02.012
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) and chemo-adoptive immunotherapy (CAIT) regimens tested in the past decade are summarized. From them we have learned a great deal about the interactions between various chemotherapeutic agents, immune modulating agents and effector cells. The most commonly reported result in multi-modalit...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/ctrv.2001.0222
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is a disease with a high mortality rate and short survival, as a result of the high incidence of metastatic disease at diagnosis, the fulminant clinical course and the lack of successful therapeutic strategies. The administration of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of advanced disease has fa...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.02.005
更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Aflibercept, also known as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-Trap, is a recombinant, decoy receptor fusion protein, rationally designed to block angiogenesis by targeting not only all forms of VEGF-A, but also VEGF-B and placental growth factor. It inhibits VEGF-induced angiogenesis in preclinical models. In t...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2011.12.008
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Lung cancer represents the most common cause of brain dissemination. Oncogene-addicted (EGFR- and ALK-positive) non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) are characterized by a unique metastatic neurotropism resulting in a particularly high incidence of brain metastases. The goal of optimal brain metastases management is t...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.10.011
更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of neo-adjuvant hormone therapy (NHT) in localised and locally advanced prostate cancer to assess the effectiveness of this therapy. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library, Science Citation Index, LILACS and SIGLE for randomi...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2008.08.002
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent and deadliest cancers worldwide. Liver transplantation, surgical resection or local ablation offer the best survival advantages but most patients either present when the tumor is in an advanced stage or the degree of underlying liver disease precludes these op...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ctrv.2011.05.002
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Surgery is, and always has been, the main treatment modality of solid tumours. For a long period, it consisted of a number of surgical procedures dictated by basic oncologic principles, most of which are still adhered to. Over the last few decades, increased understanding of the disease, new or improved diagnostic fac...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/ctrv.1999.0147
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ilmofosine is a cytostatic/cytotoxic thioether phospholipid derivative. The in vivo anti-tumour activity of this compound was investigated in a methylcholanthrene (MethA)-induced fibrosarcoma and in the 3Lewis-lung carcinoma systems, respectively. Ilmofosine showed antineoplastic and antimetastatic properties at oral ...
journal_title：Cancer treatment reviews
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0305-7372(90)90055-k
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
