Abstract:
:Contrary to the case with bacterial infections, progress in the diagnosis and treatment of invasive mycoses in cancer patients has been unsatisfactory. Amphotericin B deoxycholate has remained the drug of choice for severe invasive fungal infections for nearly 40 years. However, its infusion-related side effects, as well as its toxicity, may at times lead to dose reduction or early discontinuation of the treatment. The introduction of the new triazoles, fluconazole and itraconazole, has improved the therapeutic chances against several fungal infections; however, the need for a broad-spectrum drug in empiric antifungal therapy, the emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida species, and the limitations of itraconazole in terms of speed action and erratic oral absorption represent important limitations. Recently, laboratory and clinical research has been directed at the development of new formulations of older classes of antifungals, the introduction of new classes of antifungals, and the use of immunomodulation associated with antifungal therapy. This paper reviews the more recent advances in the treatment of fungal infections in cancer patients.
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Curr Opin Oncoljournal_title
Current opinion in oncologyauthors
Martino P,Girmenia Cdoi
10.1097/00001622-199709040-00002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-07-01 00:00:00pages
314-20issue
4eissn
1040-8746issn
1531-703Xjournal_volume
9pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neuroendocrine tumors (previously referred to as carcinoids) are ill-understood, enigmatic malignancies that, although slow-growing compared with adenocarcinomas, can behave aggressively. In 2004, they comprised 1.25% of all malignancies; their incidence is increasing by approximately 6% per year. The...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e3282f1c595
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an overview of recent updates in understanding the mechanisms by which glioblastoma cells interact with their cellular and molecular partners within the microenvironment. RECENT FINDINGS:We have now a better knowledge of the cell populations involved in Glioblastoma (GBM) invasio...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000679
更新日期:2020-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e32832e6385
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review recent observations that describe changes in the likelihood of invasive fungal infections, shifts in types of fungal pathogens, and altered manifestations of fungal syndromes after hematopoietic cell transplantation and explore how changes in transplant practices are influencing these epidem...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.cco.0000152975.65477.7c
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Collaborative study groups have invested considerable effort in the last decade in defining the role of allogeneic and autologous bone marrow transplantation as consolidation treatment for first remission of acute myeloid leukemia in younger patients. These efforts have been able, more precisely, to quantitate the deg...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-200003000-00002
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Family history plays an important role in breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancers. The increasing availability of genetic testing has forced women with these malignancies and their physicians to confront new questions regarding screening and prevention. This review highlights the screening for and prevention of breast...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-200009000-00019
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:An overview of many of the preclinical and clinical developments in germ cell tumors over the past year is presented. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent epidemiologic studies show changes in the ethnic incidence of germ cell tumors; in particular, African-Americans have seen an increase. Additionally, risk facto...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.cco.0000219257.37843.ca
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The prognosis of pediatric low-grade gliomas is relatively favorable, but residual or unresectable tumors remain a challenge. Conventional radiation therapy is effective but may be associated with unacceptable sequelae in young children. Chemotherapy can delay the need for radiation therapy in young children; however,...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-200005000-00002
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this study is to update the reader on advances in postpubertal male germ cell tumours (GCTs) over the last 18 months. RECENT FINDINGS:Single nucleotide polymorphisms, including in four sex-determination genes, have been identified as additional genetic susceptibility loci to testicular...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000179
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The appearance of skin lesions in patients with occult or obvious malignancy may be of extreme value in the detection and management of cancer because the skin is readily accessible to examination and biopsy. Examination of the skin of our patients can provide important insights into underlying malignant processes or ...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199903000-00011
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As the number and uses for targeted therapies such as epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRIs) increase, so does the need to recognize and treat the dermatologic side-effects of these agents. Although agents such as gefitinib, erlotinib, cetuximab, lapatinib, and panitumumab have less syst...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e3283474063
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) continues to be a major obstacle to the success of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Furthermore, several clinical strategies being employed at this time in the field of bone marrow transplantation have had an impact on GVHD. In addition to the usual division of topics such as pa...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199703000-00005
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although early clinical gene therapy trials for recurrent central nervous system neoplasms showed the proof-of-principle, they did not fulfill the high expectations suggested by the preclinical experimental data. Insufficient distribution of vectors in human brain tumors and very low transduction efficiency require th...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199905000-00005
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infection with HIV is associated with an increased risk of systemic and primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Patients with systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma usually present with high- or intermediate-grade histology and extranodal dissemination. Although the prognosis for such patients is poor, some pa...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe how to better identify frail multiple myeloma patients and to treat them appropriately. RECENT FINDINGS:Proteasome inhibitors, such as bortezomib, carfilzomib, and ixazomib, and immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs), such as thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide, have significantly improv...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000395
更新日期:2017-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e32836227ac
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tyrosine kinase (type 1) growth factor receptors include the erbB family. These cell surface receptors were discovered in the context of cellular transformation and have subsequently been found to be overexpressed in many types of human cancer. Cumulative evidence suggests that upregulation of the most well-characteri...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-200105000-00007
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare cancer with a poor prognosis and little information to guide its management. In recent years, improved diagnostic imaging and an increase in reported experience with use of chemotherapy may alter the way we manage SBA. This review will summarize recent advanc...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e32833a86fe
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Work in the field of molecular neuro-oncology has evolved from a purely descriptive catalogue of regional mutations to the implication of specific genes in the malignant process. Reverse genetic strategies have resulted in the cloning of the neurofibromatosis-1 and neurofibromatosis-2 genes, the molecular physiology o...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199405000-00002
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gene transfer for the treatment of cancer is a rapidly expanding field. Recent studies can be divided into four main areas: 1) transfer of suicide genes that convert inactive prodrugs into cytotoxic compounds, 2) transfer of genes encoding cytokines and stimulatory markers to enhance immunogenicity against tumors, 3) ...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199611000-00010
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Several epidemiologic studies have enhanced our understanding of the impact of respiratory viruses on bone marrow transplant recipients. RECENT FINDINGS:Respiratory viral infections occur frequently following stem cell transplantation but present atypically. Many patients have asymptomatic infections...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e328324bc1c
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The behavior of renal cell carcinoma remains one of the most unpredictable of the genitourinary neoplasms. Once this disease has spread beyond the confines of the kidney, it is extremely difficult to control. This year, emphasis has focused on the characteristic cytogenetic and chromosomal changes that are seen in thi...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199206000-00002
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Salivary gland malignancies are a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors with considerable variability in their natural history. Historically they have been treated with surgery and radiation therapy. It is only recently that there has been any growth in our understanding of these diseases and their m...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e328344f59c
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS). RECENT FINDINGS:PNS are rare complications of cancer caused by an immune cross-reaction between antigens expressed by tumor cells and neurons. The target of the immune attack can be an intracell...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000479
更新日期:2018-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000416
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Over the past 20 years, tremendous strides have been made to decrease treatment-related morbidity and mortality following allogeneic transplant, including management of acute and chronic lung injury. Within this context, three distinct entities are recognized, idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS), bron...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e32835dc8a5
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Renal cell carcinoma remains a devastating disease known for insidious onset, with patients often having advanced incurable disease at the time of diagnosis. Biologic therapy with IL-2 offers a chance for prolonged remission for a minority of patients, but its toxicities preclude most patients from ever receiving it. ...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199505000-00013
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the recent advancements and refinements of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy technique in breast cancer. RECENT FINDINGS:Data from four randomized controlled trials conclusively demonstrate that SLN biopsy is associated with less arm morbidity and better quality of life than a...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0b013e328315ef1d
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Over the past decade, high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) has been employed with increasing frequency to treat patients with a variety of solid tumors. This paper explores the rationale and relevant clinical data for the use of this approach to treat patients with breast and ovaria...
journal_title:Current opinion in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00001622-199403000-00004
更新日期:1994-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCO.0000000000000445
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00