Sirolimus plus gemcitabine: a new therapeutic combination for resistant sarcomas?

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The therapeutic armamentarium for advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has increased over the last few years. Doxorubicin monotherapy or in combination is now the established first line treatment. Beyond first line treatment, no standard therapy has been established. Novel drugs have reached the late-clinica...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Skafida E,Kokkali S,Nikolaou M,Digklia A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrogliomas are primary brain tumors, genetically characterized by chromosomal alterations in the 1p and 19q. Recent clinical trials have shown that oligodendrogliomas are sensitive to PCV chemotherapy with 60-65% of patients responding and median response duration of 1-1.5 years. The response rate in mixed oli...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Hussein MR,Baidas S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most common solid malignancies in young men. The overall cure rate of GCT patients in metastatic stage is excellent, however; patients with relapsed or refractory disease have poor prognosis. Attempts to treat refractory disease with novel effective treatment to improve prog...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Kozakova K,Mego M,Cheng L,Chovanec M

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes in colorectal cancer have improved over the last 15 years; this is in part due to the optimization of 5-fluorouracil schedules and the introduction of new and effective chemotherapeutic agents, such as irinotecan and oxaliplatin. However, not all patients respond to these agents and a proportion may suffer se...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Braun MS,Quirke P,Seymour MT

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(2+) influx at critical points in the cell cycle is required for proliferation. This requirement is so ubiquitous that its occurrence is often treated as background noise. Yet without it, cells stop dividing, suggesting an obvious and potentially effective way to treat cancer. To control proliferation by controlling...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Gray LS,Schiff D,Macdonald TL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Tumors of the CNS frequently have devastating consequences in terms of cognitive and motor function, personality and mortality. Despite decades of work, current therapies have done little to alter the course of these deadly diseases. The discovery that chaperones/heat-shock proteins play an important role in tumor bio...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Graner MW,Bigner DD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dysfunction of the immune system is a hallmark of cancer. Through increased understanding of the complex interactions between immunity and cancer, immunotherapy has emerged as a treatment modality for different types of cancer. Promising activity with immunotherapy has been reported in numerous malignancie...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Zeidan AM,Komrokji RS,Brunner AM

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fertility impairment due to treatments is a major concern for adolescents and young adult patients who survived cancer. Areas covered: Chemotherapy may determine a detrimental effect on ovary function, leading to infertility, and premature ovarian failure. Embryo and oocyte cryopreservation is a standard s...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Tosoni A,Balestrini D,Brandes AA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While early-stage endometrial cancer is highly curable after hysterectomy for the majority of patients afflicted with this disease, recurrent and metastatic endometrial cancer continues to pose a significant challenge. The median survival of women with advanced or recurrent uterine cancer on most recent clinical trial...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Dellinger TH,Monk BJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer represents a major health problem, with more than a million new cases and 370,000 deaths worldwide yearly. Options and understanding of how to use cytotoxic chemotherapy in both advanced and early stage breast cancer have made substantial progress in the past 10 years, with numerous landmark studies iden...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Hussain SA,Palmer DH,Stevens A,Spooner D,Poole CJ,Rea DW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary factors and other naturally occurring substances may emerge as potent therapeutic or preventative agents in the battle against prostate cancer. Much of the current support for these agents is epidemiologically based, but new prospective studies are now underway which may support their use in conventional medic...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Ward JF,Blute ML

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now, no effective systemic treatment options have been available for patients with unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the Sorafenib Hepatocellular Carcinoma Assessment Randomized Protocol (SHARP), patients with unresectable advanced HCC with Child-Pugh liver function class A and who had not...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Rimassa L,Santoro A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer are improving, with better understanding and use of targeted therapies. Areas covered: A review of the literature and recent conference presentations was undertaken on the topic of systemic treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. This article reviews the current ...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Price TJ,Tang M,Gibbs P,Haller DG,Peeters M,Arnold D,Segelov E,Roy A,Tebbutt N,Pavlakis N,Karapetis C,Burge M,Shapiro J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 40 years, fluorouracil has been the only drug registered for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. During the past 5 years, combination chemotherapy regimens including either irinotecan or oxaliplatin have proven to be superior to fluorouracil monotherapy in randomized clinical trials, in terms of re...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Pessino A,Sobrero A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse brain stem glioma is the most devastating of pediatric malignancies. Virtually all children with this disease die within 1-2 years of diagnosis. After three decades of exhaustive research, the key to controlling this malignancy still eludes us. Attempts to improve survival using radiation, chemotherapy and bio...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Korones DN

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Historically, patients diagnosed with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have had poor survival rates. In recent years there have been significant advances in the treatment of CRPC. In addition to cytotoxic chemotherapy, treating physicians and their patients now have the option of several new agents that tar...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Shapiro D,Tareen B

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that is strongly tied to asbestos exposure. Despite application of different modalities such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, patient prognosis remains very poor and therapies are ineffective. Much research currently focuses on the application of novel approa...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Bakker E,Guazzelli A,Ashtiani F,Demonacos C,Krstic-Demonacos M,Mutti L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are becoming the hormonal treatment of choice for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer. Large, well-controlled clinical studies have established the efficacy and safety of initial adjuvant therapy with letrozole or anastrozole versus the previous standard of 5 years of adjuvant tamo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Bria E,Carlini P,Cuppone F,Vaccaro V,Milella M,Cognetti F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Even with the currently recommended chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic treatment, the five year survival rate for advanced nonsquamous and squamous NSCLC without oncogenic drivers remains poor. However, several different chemo-immunotherapy combinations are presently being investigated - with favorab...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Rocco D,Della Gravara L,Battiloro C,Gridelli C

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：: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：: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：:As with many human malignancies, pancreatic cancer is a complex genetic disorder. Several thousand disease-associated alterations on the DNA, mRNA, miRNA and protein levels have been reported to date. Some of these alterations, including a number of gatekeeper mutations, which are of pre-eminent importance for the ons...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Buchholz M,Gress TM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients has not dramatically improved over the last 30 years, despite the advances in surgical techniques, chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy treatment planning and definition. Different studies in molecular biology of HNC have been carried out, providing useful results fo...

journal_title：Expert review of anticancer therapy

authors： Bossi P,Locati LD,Licitra L

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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