Update in germ cell tumours.

abstract：:Recent work has shown that: 1) loss of transforming growth factor-beta response is associated with malignant progression, 2) maintenance of autocrine negative transforming growth factor-beta activity is a key impediment to malignant progression, and 3) the major mechanism for loss of RII expression in replication erro...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Brattain MG,Markowitz SD,Willson JK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Avoiding immune destruction is one emerging hallmark of cancer, including glioblastoma. The number of immunotherapy approaches to fight glioblastoma is growing. Here, we review the recent progress in four main areas: dendritic cell immunotherapy, peptide vaccination, chimeric antigen receptors and imm...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Finocchiaro G,Pellegatta S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rising rate of germ cell cancer of the testis over the past decade has been demonstrated to be occurring predominantly in the younger age group (15 to 19 years) in association with earlier onset of puberty and earlier onset of regular sexual activity. Chemicals and viruses, with their atrophogenic effect, remain t...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Oliver RT

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has been established in the literature as a clinically indolent tumor. Despite this, it was traditionally treated like all other PTCs. In an attempt to reduce overtreatment of this entity, a panel of experts reclassified ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Range DE,Jiang XS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of five new immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer represents the first major treatment breakthrough for this disease since the introduction of combination chemotherapy over 30 years ago. This review examines th...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Tabayoyong W,Gao J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The treatment of HIV infection has been transformed by the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. For patients who respond and can tolerate lifelong therapy, HIV infection may become a chronic disease requiring long-term ambulatory care follow-up. The current management of antiretrovira...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Kalkut G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of new active agents for the treatment of squamous carcinoma of the head and neck remains a high priority for clinical investigators. For the past several years a number of investigational drugs have demonstrated activity in patients with recurrent or metastatic disease. Included are the following a...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Murphy BA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New clinical and epidemiologic studies provide information about the possible causes of human leukemia. Evidence for a viral etiology continues to appear, and the relationship between myelodysplastic syndrome and the leukemias is now linked through molecular genetic studies. Molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis are ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Vogel VG,Fisher RE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Molecular genetic alterations characterize the development of human cancer. Recent advances in molecular genetic technology and the success of the human genome project have empowered investigators with new tools in dissecting the cancer genome for discovery of new cancer-associated genes. The purpose ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shih IeM,Wang TL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCL) represents about 10% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Therapeutic options for this subgroup of tumours are limited, essentially doxorubicin-based regimens and trabectedin. Recently, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway has been identified as a therapeutic t...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Sanfilippo R,Dei Tos AP,Casali PG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population of people living with AIDS in the world, with Nigeria having the third largest after South Africa and India. With the advent of treatment programs, more people in Nigeria are now living with the virus but are at increased risk of cancer similar to the expe...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Akinwande O,Ogundiran T,Akarolo-Anthony S,Mamadu I,Dakum P,Blattner W,Adebamowo C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous malignant melanoma and its precursors were the general subjects of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference held in January 1992. Particular emphasis was placed on the diagnosis of early melanoma, especially melanoma in situ, and the controversies surrounding dysplastic nevi. Recent studies of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Barnhill RL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Significant advances have been made in the treatment of younger patients with acute myeloid leukemia over the past 3 decades, but prognosis in the elderly has remained dismal, with median survival times of only a few months. Although a small percentage of older patients may be cured by standard chemot...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Amadori S,Del Principe MI,Venditti A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Early trials of high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation in mantle cell lymphoma were discouraging, with no clear survival advantage attributable to the procedure. Most early series were plagued by small numbers, retrospective designs, and short follow-up. Also, until recently, allo...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Jacobsen E,Freedman A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by an initial chronic phase of expanded clonal myelopoiesis followed by inevitable progression to accelerated phase and finally to fatal blast crisis. Although interferon therapy results in hematologic control of disease in most patients and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Enright H,McGlave P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper covers the outcome of previously conducted clinical trials on chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma and presents data from recent phase II and phase III trials. In contrast to conventional cytotoxic drugs, which have barely produced response rates exceeding 30%, recently introduced chemotherapeuti...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Tomek S,Manegold C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstruction of the superior vena cava is seldom a true emergency and should not be treated without an adequate tissue diagnosis. For patients who are poor operative risks for invasive procedures, percutaneous biopsies of mediastinal masses under ultrasound guidance have resulted in a high diagnostic yield. Superior ve...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shepherd FA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to update knowledge on therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN), taking into account the new 2008 WHO classification, new genome-wide approaches for the definition of susceptibility towards t-MN and the introduction of new more aggressive treatments in cancer patients. R...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Leone G,Fianchi L,Voso MT

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the most recent developments and implications in regard to isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations in chondrosarcoma, a disease in which currently available systemic therapies have proven inefficacious, with an emphasis on how disruption in normal cellular metabolism plays a role in on...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Azzi G,Velez M,Mathias-Machado MC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Ovarian germ cell tumours are rare, but curable at all stages of disease. This review gives an outline of the main controversies regarding the management of this disease. RECENT FINDINGS:Pelvic malignancies are very rare during pregnancy, which should avoid the need for radical surgery or termination...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Patterson DM,Rustin GJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the current knowledge about the biology and clinical management of adult desmoid tumors. RECENT FINDINGS:In the past decade, we have learned that desmoid tumors are driven by alterations of the Wnt/APC/β-catenin pathway, sporadic desmoid tumors are associated with somatic mutations of CT...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Penel N,Chibon F,Salas S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Temsirolimus (Torisel) is a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor approved for the treatment of relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The recommended dosage in this indication (175 mg once weekly for 3 weeks and then 75 mg once weekly as maintenance) is higher than that for renal ce...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Bouabdallah K,Ribrag V,Terriou L,Soria JC,Delarue R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplasia or myelodysplastic syndromes represent a heterogeneous group of bone marrow disorders characterized by dysmaturation, cytopenias, and a propensity for leukemic transformation. Although universally adopted, the French-American-British classification still has several limitations and an inability to categ...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Taylor KM,Rodwell RL,Taylor DL,Seeley GO

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent publications dealing with the pathology of squamous carcinomas of the head and neck have been critically reviewed with particular reference to potential prognostic factors and improved methods for identifying nodal metastases. The topics covered include cytophotometry and proliferative patterns, molecular biolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Carter RL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) are rare disorders in children, showing peculiar clinical manifestations and biological features. This review will summarize biological, genetic and clinical features of childhood MDS and will provide an update of the algorithm of treatment of the different disease var...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Galaverna F,Ruggeri A,Locatelli F

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review is to describe the major steps leading to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and to summarize some of the new immunotherapies that interfere with these mechanisms. RECENT FINDINGS:Immunotherapy has improved the outcome of relapsed/metastatic head and neck squamous cel...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Merlano MC,Denaro N,Garrone O

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The lateral neck compartment is the second most frequent target region for metastatic papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Lateral lymph node metastases are associated with locoregional recurrence and, when they involve either side of the neck, with mediastinal and distan...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Dralle H,Machens A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Biobanking has been identified as a key area for development in order to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs. This review describes the recent advances in the field of biobanking and biospecimen research, with special reference to tumour banks which are the biobanks of primary intere...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Hewitt RE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In the 1990s, cancer patients were described as poor candidates for ICU admission on the basis of high mortality rates and management costs. Over the last decade, however, advances in the management of malignancies and organ failures have led to substantial increases in survival. This review discusses...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Darmon M,Azoulay E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its appeal, lung cancer screening has been found to be of little value at this time. However, use of monoclonal antibodies to detect cancer cells in the sputum may prove to be of value in high-risk subjects. Once a cancer is diagnosed, anatomic staging by the International TNM Staging System has shown its effe...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shields TW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00