Abstract:
:Coelomic epithelial carcinoma of the ovary, the most common cause of death from cancer of the female genital tract in the United States, presents most commonly as advanced (stage III or IV) disease. Management consists of aggressive surgical cytoreduction followed by combination chemotherapy, until recently, a platinum compound plus an alkylating agent. The recent identification of the activity of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) offers the potential to improve further the management of patients with advanced disease. That this agent might enhance current front-line therapy is supported by its unique mechanism of action and by the significant numbers of responses reported in patients clinically resistant to the platinum compounds: more than 20% of these patients responded to paclitaxel as salvage therapy in four different phase II trials. These observations led to a phase I Gynecologic Oncology Group trial that showed that paclitaxel 135 mg/m2 over 24 hours followed by cisplatin 75 mg/m2 could be given every 3 weeks. This group then compared six cycles of the identified regimen with six cycles of standard cisplatin/cyclophosphamide chemotherapy given every 3 weeks in a phase III trial in 388 previously untreated patients with large-volume (residual nodules > 1 cm after surgery) disease. The results show the superiority of the paclitaxel/cisplatin regimen: overall response rate 77% versus 62%, clinical complete response 54% versus 33%, frequency of achieving a grossly disease-free state at second-look laparotomy 40% versus 22%, progression-free survival 18 versus 13 months, and overall survival 38 versus 24 months. Thus, paclitaxel/cisplatin is the new standard of care for patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma. Current phase III studies explore further the role of paclitaxel in front-line therapy: the relative merits of single-agent versus combination chemotherapy, the role of interval surgical cytoreduction combined with paclitaxel/cisplatin, the value of carboplatin-based versus cisplatin-based combinations with paclitaxel, the significance of the paclitaxel infusion length (3 v 24 v 96 hours), and the value of more dose-intense combinations.
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Semin Oncoljournal_title
Seminars in oncologyauthors
Thigpen T,Vance RB,McGuire WP,Hoskins WJ,Brady Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-12-01 00:00:00pages
23-31issue
6 Suppl 14eissn
0093-7754issn
1532-8708journal_volume
22pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Current therapies for the treatment of malignancies are associated with significant toxicity, as chemotherapy and radiation therapy do not discriminate between normal and malignant cells. One approach to ameliorating the toxicity associated with therapy is through the use of chemoprotective agents. This article review...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/sonc.2002.34072
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0093-7754(01)90130-7
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Letrozole has proven efficacious in a variety of therapeutic scenarios, including that of extended adjuvant therapy following 5 years of tamoxifen treatment in postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor-positive early breast cancer. The Breast International Group 1-98 trial (BIG 1-98) is the first to study the effica...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.03.026
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Capecitabine is an orally administered fluoropyrimidine carbamate that is preferentially converted to 5-fluorouracil in tumors relative to normal tissue. Three different dosing regimens were investigated in phase I studies: continuous monotherapy, intermittent monotherapy, and intermittent therapy supplemented with le...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0093-7754(01)90251-9
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a phase II Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial, single-agent paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) was administered to 26 patients with advanced urothelial cancer who had not received prior systemic chemotherapy. Paclitaxel was given at a dose of 250 mg/m2 by 24-hour continuous infusi...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type:
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2013.10.002
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type:
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.01.004
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2018.12.002
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2015.02.003
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In vitro data suggest a synergistic antiproliferative effect of different cytokines. In four clinical studies chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients were treated with interferon (IFN)-alpha alone or IFN-alpha combined with either low-dose IFN-gamma or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. The best response was achie...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The clinical development of the recombinant alpha interferons has provided a prototype for the clinical development of biological compounds. With over 5,000 patients now treated with these compounds, some general principles have emerged that have wider implications for phase I-II strategies for testing other biologica...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a multicenter phase III trial, 267 patients with nonbulky metastatic colorectal cancer who had failed first-line 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) therapy were randomized to receive second-line treatment with either the new topoisomerase agent, irinotecan (Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Antony, France), or a high-dose infusional 5-FU re...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Currently, the primary use of liver transplantation in the setting of malignancy is in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, with generally accepted criteria for transplantation consisting of the presence of one nodule less than 5 cm or two of three nodules each less than 3 cm in the absence of detectable vascular i...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2005.07.023
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Over 50% of patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) have stage IV disease at presentation and the most likely organ to be affected by metastases is the liver. Hepatic involvement and hepatic tumor burden is a key prognostic factor affecting survival of these patients and 80% eventually di...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2018.07.002
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is a truism that a better understanding of the biology of breast cancer should lead to improvements in diagnosis and therapy. Despite this, our significantly improved grasp of breast cancer biology has had little direct therapeutic impact to date. The technologies used to treat breast cancer (surgery, radiation the...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Approximately one third of patients diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer will present with lymph node involvement (stage III) and about one quarter with transmural bowel wall invasion but negative lymph nodes (stage II). Adjuvant chemotherapy targets micrometastatic disease to improve disease-free (DFS) and overall...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.05.005
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cisplatin has been employed in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) since the late 1970s. Current evidence suggests that it may be the most effective single drug for the treatment of NSCLC patients. The overall response rate as a single agent is 21%, though responses are higher in previously untreated p...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Advanced-stage mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a disease for which no curative treatment strategy exists. Results with standard combination chemotherapy, with or without an anthracycline, are disappointing, and new and better therapies are needed. High-dose therapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) have be...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The curative management of gastric adenocarcinoma depends on complete resection of the primary tumor. In patients with lymph node metastases in the resected specimen, the relapse and death rates from recurrent cancer are 70% to 80%. There is continued debate over whether more extensive lymph node dissection (D2) impro...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00298-7
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients diagnosed with germ cell tumors (GCT) are relatively young, and most are rendered disease-free by primary treatment. Also, second-line therapies in nearly all instances are potentially curative. Therefore, the schedule and modalities of follow-up testing are important issues in detecting recurrence of GCT and...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00098-8
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Combinations of active antineoplastic agents have been the most effective treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Criteria for an effective combination include use of drugs with different mechanisms of action, nonoverlapping toxic effects, and synergistic, or at least additive, antitumor activity. Paclitaxel (Taxol; B...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thrombocytopenia is a significant problem for patients receiving prolonged or aggressive chemotherapy for malignancy. For carboplatin, it is the predominant dose-limiting toxicity and it is cumulative in nature. A number of agents have been evaluated for efficacy in reducing the problem of thrombocytopenia. Some have ...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Docetaxel is a semisynthetic taxane that acts primarily by promoting microtubule assembly and preventing the depolymerization of assembled microtubules, thereby inducing mitotic block and inhibition of cell proliferation. This agent also induces apoptosis and appears to prevent angiogenesis. Although docetaxel has sho...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2005.04.002
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This randomized, multinational, multicenter study was designed to determine the response rate of gemcitabine monotherapy and cisplatin/etoposide combination therapy in chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced, recurrent, and/or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (stage IIIA [if inoperable], IIIB, or IV). One group...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Based on the results of several small clinical studies, the experimental data of J. T. Isaacs, and the theoretical considerations about the heterogeneity of prostatic cancer, we investigated the effect of simultaneous hormone-chemotherapy in previously untreated advanced prostatic cancer. Patients (n = 145; 117 stage ...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin (DEB) was given as an outpatient regimen in a novel weekly schedule to 27 patients with recurrent and/or widely metastatic cancer of the head and neck region. Six of these patients also received mitomycin (DEB/M) when their disease failed to respond after at least three weekly DEB doses. ...
journal_title:Seminars in oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00