Pulmonary targeting microparticulate camptothecin delivery system: anticancer evaluation in a rat orthotopic lung cancer model.

abstract：:Metastatic meningioma is a rare disease, which has no effective chemotherapy. We report on a treatment of this condition with Doxil, a liposomal doxorubicin formulation. A 60-year-old woman with massive pleuro-pulmonary metastases from recurrent cranial meningioma was treated with Doxil (50-37.5 mg/m2) for 18 months w...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Travitzky M,Libson E,Nemirovsky I,Hadas I,Gabizon A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antitumor activity of navelbine (NVB, KW-2307), a newly synthesized vinca alkaloid, was compared with that of adriamycin (ADM) against human breast carcinomas inoculated into nude mice at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and clinically equivalent dose (CED). The plasma levels of NVB after intravenous inje...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Tsuruo T,Inaba M,Tashiro T,Yamori T,Ohnishi Y,Ashizawa T,Sakai T,Kobayashi S,Gomi K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 (Lgr5) is a colorectal cancer (CRC) stem cell marker. The role of Lgr5-expressing stem cells in resistance to chemotherapy is controversial. The notion that Lgr5-expressing cells are more chemotherapy resistant is supported by some data; other data do not sup...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Planutis AK,Holcombe RF,Planoutene MV,Planoutis KS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium wasting is a frequent side effect of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-antibody treatment as magnesium-absorption mechanisms are dependent on EGFR signaling. EGFR-inhibition results in decreased renal reabsorption. There is evidence that hypomagnesemia during cetuximab treatment correlates with respons...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Schulz C,Heinemann V,Heinrich K,Haas M,Holch JW,Fraccaroli A,Held S,von Einem JC,Modest DP,Fischer von Weikersthal L,Kullmann F,Moehler M,Scheithauer W,Jung A,Stintzing S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colon cancer SW480 cells express the c-myc gene. On the other hand, SW480DDP cell lines resistant to cisplatin exhibited decreased c-myc gene expression, but their cell growth rates remained similar to those of their parental cells. Antisense oligonucleotides to c-myc inhibited c-myc expression and induced incre...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Funato T,Kozawa K,Kaku M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amifostine is a broad-spectrum cytoprotective agent approved for protection against cisplatin toxicities and radiation-induced xerostomia; strong clinical evidence exists that amifostine protects normal mucosa and lung from radiation damage. Hypotension, nausea/vomiting, fatigue and fever/rash are the main side-effect...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Koukourakis MI,Maltezos E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compounds that could block tumor angiogenesis and induce tumor cell differentiation in malignant gliomas represent a very valuable tool in anticancer treatments. In this paper, we demonstrate that more selective drugs, which interfere with specific cellular targets, could treat glioma more effectively. 8-Cl-cAMP and t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Drabek K,Pesić M,Piperski V,Ruzdijić S,Medić-Mijacević L,Pietrzkowski Z,Rakić L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early 1990s, mitoxantrone has been used as a chemotherapeutic agent for adjuvant intravesical treatment following transurethral resection of superficial transitional cell carcinomas of the bladder. Although its efficacy as adjuvant intravesical therapy remains questionable and its use has not gained wide acc...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Giannakopoulos S,Pantazis T,Kalaitzis C,Antoniou D,Patris E,Touloupidis S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imexon is an investigational anti-cancer agent, pharmaceutically formulated as a lyophilized solid for i.v. infusion requiring reconstitution and subsequent dilution in infusion fluid before infusion. Imexon contains a highly reactive aziridine ring in its structure, which limits its stability in aqueous solutions. In...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： den Brok MW,Nuijen B,Challa EE,Lutz C,Opitz HG,Beijnen JH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is limited evidence on the costs associated with ipilimumab. We investigated healthcare costs of all Dutch patients with advanced cutaneous melanoma who were treated with ipilimumab. Data were retrieved from the nation-wide Dutch Melanoma Treatment Registry. Costs were determined by applying unit costs to indivi...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Franken MG,Leeneman B,Jochems A,Schouwenburg MG,Aarts MJB,van Akkooi ACJ,van den Berkmortel FWPJ,van den Eertwegh AJM,de Groot JWB,van der Hoeven KJM,Hospers GAP,Kapiteijn E,Koornstra R,Kruit WHJ,Louwman MWJ,Piersma D,van

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:13,14-Dihydro-15-deoxy-Delta7-prostaglandin A1 methyl ester (TEI-9826), an antitumor prostaglandin analog, is a candidate for clinical trial. In the present study, we examined its biological stability in vitro, antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo, and pharmacokinetics. Although TEI-9826 was rapidly hydrolyzed to t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Fukushima S,Takeuchi Y,Kishimoto S,Yamashita S,Uetsuki K,Shirakawa S,Suzuki M,Furuta K,Noyori R,Sasaki H,Kikuchi Y,Kita T,Yamori T,Sawada J,Kojima M,Hazato A,Kurozumi S,Fukushima M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,4-Anthraquinone (AQ) was synthesized and shown to prevent L1210 leukemic cells from synthesizing macromolecules and growing in vitro. In contrast, its dihydroxy-9,10anthraquinone precursor, quinizarin, was inactive. The antitumor activity of AQ was compared to that of daunorubicin (DAU), which is structurally differ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Perchellet EM,Magill MJ,Huang X,Dalke DM,Hua DH,Perchellet JP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a 33% partial response rate with acceptable toxicity using weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV) in patients with far advanced biliary tract cancers (BTC). In this study, we added mitomycin (MMC) to 5-FU and LV in an attempt to improve the response rate and surviv...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Chen JS,Lin YC,Jan YY,Liau CT

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study, we calculated the treatment and follow-up costs of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. The total treatment programme consisted of eight phases: VAD or VAMP chemotherapy, follow-up I, high-dose melphalan followed by transplantation of whole blood, follow-up II, collection of periph...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Buijt I,Ossenkoppele GJ,Uyl-de Groot CA,Huijgens PC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured serum levels of soluble (s) P-selectin and thromboxane B2 (TxB2) in patients with lung cancer treated with gefitinib, and investigated the effect of low-dose aspirin on some adverse effects of gefitinib. The serum levels of sP-selectin and TxB2 increased significantly in all patients who received gefitinib...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Kanazawa S,Yamaguchi K,Kinoshita Y,Muramatsu M,Komiyama Y,Nomura S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of chronic myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma has increased in recent years partly because of an improved therapeutic armamentarium for both conditions. Likewise, understanding the complexity inherent in designing combination treatment strategies will become increasingly prescient in the coming years...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Katzel JA,Lee-Ma A,Vesole DH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is one of the fatal cancers around the world. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is widely used during anesthesia of esophageal cancer surgery. Nevertheless, the role of DEX in the progression of esophageal cancer remains barely known. The proliferation, apoptosis and metastasis of esophageal cancer cells were de...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Zhang P,He H,Bai Y,Liu W,Huang L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard therapy for patients with aggressive lymphoma is cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP) chemotherapy, which achieves a complete response in more than 60% of patients but is curative in only about 40-50%. More aggressive and/or dose-intensified chemotherapy regimens have failed to...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Coiffier B,Pfreundschuh M,Stahel R,Vose J,Zinzani PL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of platinum and paclitaxel is the standard treatment of advanced ovarian carcinoma; however, recent studies have questioned the actual role of the combination as compared to either of the two agents alone. We report an open-label, two-center, phase II study of upfront paclitaxel for patients with histo...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Gallardo-Rincón D,Pérez-Landeros L,Oñate-Ocaña LF,Mohar A,Calderillo G,de la Garza J,Cabrera P,Sánchez B,Dueñas-Gonzalez A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of a synthetic compound--2,2'-bipyridyl-6-carbothioamide--was investigated by developing tumor lines resistant to it (P388-R1.5 and P388-R4). P388-R4 is resistant to inhibitors of ribonucleotide reductase (RR) while no resistance was observed to antitumor drugs having other targets (except to b...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Nocentini G,Federici F,Armellini R,Franchetti P,Barzi A

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March and September 1988, 74 patients with progressive ovarian cancer after prior platinum-based therapy were treated with the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist Triptorelin (Decapeptyl degrees). Treatment consisted of i.m. injection of 3.75 mg of microencapsulated Triptorelin on days 1, 8 an...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Duffaud F,van der Burg ME,Namer M,Vergote I,Willemse PHB,ten Bokkel Huinink W,Guastalla JP,Nooij,Kerbrat P,Piccart M,Tumolo S,Favalli G,van der Vange N,Lacave AJ,Wils J,Splinter TA,Einhorn N,Roozendaal KJ,Rosso R,Ve

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced stage neuroblastoma is a very aggressive pediatric cancer with limited treatment options and a high mortality rate. Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) is a potential therapeutic target in neuroblastoma. Using immunohistochemical staining, we observed positive GSK-3β expression in 67% of human neuroblastomas...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Ugolkov AV,Bondarenko GI,Dubrovskyi O,Berbegall AP,Navarro S,Noguera R,O'Halloran TV,Hendrix MJ,Giles FJ,Mazar AP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma pharmacokinetics of a second generation anthracycline derivative, idarubicin (Ida), have been studied in 17 patients with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) and high risk features. The drug (10 mg/m2) was given in a randomized cross-over design as 3 min and 2 h infusions for three consecutive days. Cytosine ar...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Eksborg S,Björkholm M,Hast R,Fagerlund E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ET-743 is a marine anti-cancer drug and is currently in phase I trials in which the effect of combination therapies will be investigated. Its dose-limiting toxicity in patients is hepatotoxicity. In-vitro studies have shown that ET-743 is mainly metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, but also by 2C9, 2C19, 2D6 and ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Brandon EF,Meijerman I,Klijn JS,den Arend D,Sparidans RW,Lázaro LL,Beijnen JH,Schellens JH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two young adults that presented with intra-abdominal desmoplastic small cell tumors (DSCT) without any evidence of a primary site are described. Both cases share the clinical characteristic features of this rare tumor which include predominant intra-abdominal location as initial presentation, nesting pattern of growth...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Liau CT,Yang TS,Wang CH,Hsueh S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year complete remission could be achieved with high-dose systemic chemotherapy in a 33-year-old patient with relapsed germ cell tumor presenting with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC). Although LC in general has a very poor prognosis for patients with chemosensitive malignancies, systemic chemotherapy should be c...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Denissen NH,van Spronsen DJ,Smilde TJ,De Mulder PH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is an enzyme responsible for telomere maintenance in almost all human cancer cells, but generally not expressed in somatic ones. Therefore, antitelomerase therapy is a potentially revolutionary therapeutic strategy, and the antitumor activity of telomerase inhibitors (TI) has been studied extensively recent...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Morais KS,Guimarãesb AFR,Ramos DAR,Silva FP,de Oliveira DM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cost-utility analysis has been performed comparing taxanes, vinorelbine and standard therapy for metastatic breast cancer considering clinical efficacy, quality-adjusted-life-years (QALYs) and costs. A decision model has been built. Clinical efficacy data were collected by literature review. Utility data and cost da...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Li N,van Agthoven M,Willemse P,Uyl-de Groot C

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response rates reported in early phase II clinical trials are often not reproduced in subsequent larger or phase III studies. Independent review of claimed partial or complete responders to gemcitabine was undertaken in four pivotal, open-label phase II studies of advanced, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to provid...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Gwyther SJ,Aapro MS,Hatty SR,Postmus PE,Smith IE

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gossypol [(2,2'-binaphthalene)-8,8'-dicarboxaldehyde-1,1',6,6',7,7'-hexahydroxy-5,5'-diisopropyl-3,3'-dimethyl] 1a is a naturally occurring compound extracted from the cotton plant and has been extensively studied as an oral male contraceptive. Its favorable toxicity profile, and the more recent demonstration of anti-...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Shelley MD,Hartley L,Groundwater PW,Fish RG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00