abstract：:Non-resectable biliary tract cancer is associated with poor prognosis due to widespread resistance to chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy. It is therefore essential to explore new therapeutic approaches like the inhibition of tyrosine kinases. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of c-kit and pla...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Wiedmann M,Kreth F,Feisthammel J,Deininger M,Mössner J,Caca K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and clinical studies suggesting a significant inverse relationship between intake of dietary selenium and overall cancer risk have led to initiation of a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of selenized yeast as a chemopreventive agent for prostate c...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Stratton MS,Reid ME,Schwartzberg G,Minter FE,Monroe BK,Alberts DS,Marshall JR,Ahmann FR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of our study was to determine whether an apoptosis assay used after short-term drug exposure could predict selective toxicity to cancer cells. To this end we compared the effect of eight anticancer drugs and 10 toxic compounds without known antitumor activity in cultures of human breast cancer cells and norma...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Frankfurt OS,Krishan A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E7070 is a novel sulfonamide anticancer agent that arrests the G(1)/S phase of the cell cycle. Preclinical and phase I studies have demonstrated non-linear pharmacokinetics (PK) of the drug. A population PK analysis revealed that the human plasma concentration-time data were best described by a three-compartment model...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Bongard HJ,Pluim D,Waardenburg RC,Ravic M,Beijnen JH,Schellens JH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tafluposide (F 11782), a novel epipodophylloid with a unique mechanism of interaction with both topoisomerase I and II, has shown outstanding antitumor activity in vivo against a panel of experimental human tumor xenografts. The aim of this study was to evaluate its cytotoxicity against fresh tumor cells taken from pa...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Sargent JM,Elgie AW,Williamson CJ,Hill BT

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Hormonal agents have a confirmed role in the management of postmenopausal women with receptor-positive advanced breast cancer. Until recently, tamoxifen has been the accepted agent for treating these patients. However, accumulating evidence suggests that the new antiaromatase agents will replace the antiestrogens as t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Vogel CL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

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：:In our institution, 103 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients aged from 55 to 83 years were treated since November 1994 as follows. All patients underwent surgical intervention (gross total resection, n = 35; subtotal resection, n = 38; stereotactic biopsy, n = 30). Subsequently all patients were offered radiotherapy...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Piribauer M,Fazeny-Dörner B,Rössler K,Ungersböck K,Czech T,Killer M,Dieckmann K,Birner P,Prayer D,Hainfellner J,Muhm M,Marosi C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tubulin couplets have activity in hormone-resistant prostate cancer. This study was designed to define the dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and recommended phase II dose (RPTD) of the unique triplet combination of paclitaxel, estramustine phosphate (EMP) and vinorelbine (Pacl-E-Vin). Patients with advanced malignanci...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Sewak S,Chachoua A,Hamilton A,Taneja S,Lee J,Utate M,Sorich J,Muggia FM

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Cryptophycin (CP)-52, a synthetic analog of CP-1, possesses potent and selective antiproliferative activity against human solid tumors both and. Based on an algorithm developed in this laboratory using HCT-116 human colon adenocarcinoma cells, CP-52 exhibited a time- and concentration-dependent antiproliferative effec...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Subramanian B,Nakeff A,Media JE,Wiegand RA,Valeriote FA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An i.v. formulation of rubitecan (9-nitrocamptothecin) was evaluated in five human solid tumor xenograft models. Rubitecan in IDD-P, a particulate suspension of the insoluble analog, produced significant tumor growth delay in athymic nude mice bearing A375 melanoma, and MX-1 breast, SKMES non-small-cell lung, Panc-1 p...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Sands H,Mishra A,Stoeckler JD,Hollister B,Chen SF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic and peritoneal metastases are the most frequent metastatic lesions in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), and may result in intra- or extrahepatic cholestasis and altered drug metabolism. While the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib, which has been recently shown to represent the treatment of...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Bauer S,Hagen V,Pielken HJ,Bojko P,Seeber S,Schütte J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHS 828, a pyridyl cyanoguanidine, is a new drug candidate now in phase I/II trials, that has shown promising anticancer activity in experimental tumor models and primary cultures of cancer cells from patients. In this study the fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay was used for evaluation of CHS 828 in primary...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Frost BM,Lönnerholm G,Nygren P,Larsson R,Lindhagen E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecteinascidin 743 (Et743) is an interesting compound in phase II/III clinical trials. Its chemistry is complex, its mechanism of action is original and it is active in human cancers, such as sarcomas refractory to conventional chemotherapy. The present review describes the discovery of the drug, its specific interacti...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Aune GJ,Furuta T,Pommier Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four newly synthesized antitumor steroidal compounds were compared, on a molar basis, regarding their ability to induce sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and cell division delays. The concept of designing and developing these compounds (1-4) is to enhance the anticancer activity of esteric steroidal derivatives of nit...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Karayianni V,Papageorgiou A,Mioglou E,Iakovidou Z,Mourelatos D,Fousteris M,Koutsourea A,Arsenou E,Nikolaropoulos S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase II study was performed to assess the safety and efficacy of mitoxantrone and cisplatin in locally recurrent and/or metastatic carcinomas of the salivary glands. Between May 1997 and March 2001, a total of 14 patients were entered on this trial. All of them had previously undergone radical resection and 10 were...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Gedlicka C,Schüll B,Formanek M,Kornfehl J,Burian M,Knerer B,Selzer E,Scheithauer W,Kornek GV

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sea, covering 70% of the Earth's surface, offers a considerably broader spectrum of biological diversity than terra firma. Containing approximately 75% of all living organisms, the marine environment offers a rich source of natural products with potential therapeutic application. Marine organisms have evolved the ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Jimeno JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of DNA fragments circulating in cancer patients was described a number of years ago. The mere presence of DNA in the circulation is not indicative of cancer. However, there are reports that apoptosis and necrosis of the cancer cells can increase the levels of circulating DNA. The study of plasma DNA with ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Shao ZM,Nguyen M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment failure of surgically treated gastric cancer is attributed to the spread of gastric cancer cells into the abdominal cavity and lymphatic or hematogenic canals. In the present study, local injection of mitomycin C bound to activated carbon (M-CH) combined with i.p. hyperthermic hypo-osmolar infusion (IPHHOI) ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Huang Y,Hagiwara A,Wang W,Su G,Qi X,Ma D,Fan Y

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concurrent and pre-exposure of A431 human epidermoid cancer cells to UCN-01, an investigational anticancer drug, with 5-fluoro--2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd), which targets thymidylate synthase, produced more than additive cytotoxicty. A 24-h exposure to 10 nM FdUrd led to inhibition of TS, a 2.5-fold increase in total thym...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Grem JL,Danenberg KD,Kao V,Danenberg PV,Nguyen D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The camptothecin derivative 9-nitrocamptothecin (9-NC) has demonstrated clinical activity in patients with ovarian and pancreatic carcinomas. Preclinical studies have shown promising activity of 9-NC for melanoma. We have thus conducted a phase II clinical trial of 9-NC for patients with metastatic cutaneous and uveal...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Ellerhorst JA,Bedikian AY,Smith TM,Papadopoulos NE,Plager C,Eton O

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ONYX-015 virus is a mutated adenovirus that in theory selectively replicates and induces cytolysis in tumor cells lacking functional p53. The present study investigated whether ONYX-015 viral infection alone or in combination with conventional chemotherapeutic agents could significantly increase apoptosis in human...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Petit T,Davidson KK,Cerna C,Lawrence RA,Von Hoff DD,Heise C,Kirn D,Izbicka E

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:In the present study we investigated the enhancement of cytotoxicity of peritoneal macrophages induced by OK-432. Rats received an i.p. injection of OK-432 at doses of 0.1, 0.5 or 1.0 KE/rat. Two days later, rats were sacrificed and peritoneal macrophages were isolated. Then the number of macrophages was counted, and ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Huang Y,Xu Y,Yamagishi H,Hagiwara A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been used to treat breast and colorectal cancers for several decades, bolus 5-FU has disappointing efficacy. Prolonged infusion schedules and biomodulation with leucovorin have resulted in improved response rates, but these have not translated into significant improvements in surviva...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Johnston PG,Kaye S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glassy cell carcinoma (GCC) of the uterine cervix is a highly malignant tumor and has a poor prognosis. As yet, no effective systemic chemotherapy to this tumor has been reported. Here we describe a case of recurrent GCC that responded to paclitaxel and carboplatin combination treatment. The patient, a 32-year-old wom...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Hirashima Y,Kobayashi H,Nishiguchi T,Miura K,Kanayama N

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Multi-targeted antifolate (MTA) is an anti-metabolite with useful activity in the treatment of non-operable patients presenting with non-small cell lung cancer. Its good efficacy and tolerability profile as first-line therapy was demonstrated in phase II studies of MTA as monotherapy. The use of MTA as second-line the...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Le Chevallier T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irinotecan (CPT-11) is a camptothecin analog with low (about 10--20%) and variable oral bioavailability in animal models. Here, Caco-2 cells were used to evaluate the transepithelial transport of CPT-11 and its metabolites. Caco-2 cells demonstrated significant expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Yamamoto W,Verweij J,de Bruijn P,de Jonge MJ,Takano H,Nishiyama M,Kurihara M,Sparreboom A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD20 antigen is strongly and stably expressed on cells of the B-cell lineage, but not on stem cells, and is thus an ideal target antigen for antibody therapy of B-cell malignancies. Rituximab is a human-mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody to the CD20 antigen that kills B-cells by a number of different effector mech...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Maloney DG

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：: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：:Single-agent docetaxel induces a response in 21-42% of patients with recurrent squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN). When used in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), response rates (RRs) of between 24 and 27% have been reported. In contrast, in combination with cisplatin, docetaxel has achieved a RR o...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Posner MR

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Targeting of cytotoxic agents represents a modern approach to the treatment of various cancers, that improves the efficacy and reduces peripheral toxicity. Recently we developed a powerful cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), AN-207, designed to be targeted to tumors that express LHRH rece...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Arencibia JM,Schally AV,Halmos G,Nagy A,Kiaris H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical treatment of skin metastases with a cytotoxic agent is attractive for its easy self-administration and absence of major systemic interference. Miltefosine exerts its cytotoxicity by acting on cell membrane phospholipids and can be administered topically. Twenty breast cancer patients with progression of skin m...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Smorenburg CH,Seynaeve C,Bontenbal M,Planting AS,Sindermann H,Verweij J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder accounts for over 95% of bladder tumours in France. The incidence of this disease is increasing in industrialised countries. Several types of bladder cancer can be distinguished: (1) superficial tumours which have a risk of recurrence and progression, although conservative treatment...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Rischmann P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a phase II, Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) clinical trial of recombinant human interleukin-4 (rhuIL-4) in patients with previously treated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). We studied 18 eligible patients with low-grade and 21 patients with intermediate- or high-grade NHL. All patients had received prior che...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Taylor CW,LeBlanc M,Fisher RI,Moore DF Sr,Roach RW,Elias L,Miller TP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00