Metronomics as maintenance treatment in oncology: time for chemo-switch

PS Malik, V Raina, N André - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The “cell kill” paradigm associated with maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) chemotherapy has
shown remarkable success in many hematological malignancies, but unfortunately has …

Prophylactic administration of fucoidan represses cancer metastasis by inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in …

TH Huang, YH Chiu, YL Chan, YH Chiu, H Wang… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Fucoidan, a heparin-like sulfated polysaccharide, is rich in brown algae. It has a wide
assortment of protective activities against cancer, for example, induction of hepatocellular …

Health-related quality of life in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: A methodological appraisal based on a systematic literature review

L Van Der Weijst, Y Lievens, W Schrauwen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The majority of lung cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the bulk of which receive palliative systemic treatment with the …

Clinical decision-making and health-related quality of life during first-line and maintenance therapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

M Sztankay, JM Giesinger, A Zabernigg, E Krempler… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Maintenance therapy (MT) with pemetrexed has been shown to improve overall
and progression-free survival of patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer …

A phase II randomized trial evaluating gefitinib intercalated with pemetrexed/platinum chemotherapy or pemetrexed/platinum chemotherapy alone in unselected …

H Yu, J Zhang, X Wu, Z Luo, H Wang, S Sun… - Cancer Biology & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Current pemetrexed/platinum chemotherapy does not produce a satisfactory therapeutic
response in advanced lung cancer patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether …

Comparative study on the mechanisms of anti-lung cancer activities of three sulfated galactofucans

W Zhang, W Wu, Y Bao, X Yan, F Zhang, RJ Linhardt… - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfated galactofucans, as the active compositions of fucoidan, were reported to exhibit
antitumor activity. In the current study, a sulfated galactofucan (SGF) from Sargassum …

Quality of life is maintained with ixazomib maintenance in post‐transplant newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: The TOURMALINE‐MM3 trial

F Schjesvold, H Goldschmidt, V Maisnar… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) is particularly important during
maintenance therapy (MT) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma post‐transplant, when …

Phase I study of the combination of quinacrine and erlotinib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non small cell lung cancer

P Bhateja, A Dowlati, N Sharma - Investigational new drugs, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Preclinical data suggest quinacrine acts as an inhibitor of FACT (facilitates
chromatin transcription) complex, which may play a role in TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) …

Maintenance treatment after induction therapy in non-small cell lung cancer: latest evidence and clinical implications

RD Gentzler, JD Patel - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer death in the
industrialized world. Despite significant progress in early stage disease, survival rates for …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian network meta-comparison of maintenance treatments for stage IIIb/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with good performance status not …

P San Tan, G Lopes, S Acharyya, M Bilger… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Recent trials have suggested that maintenance treatments improve outcomes
for patients not progressing after first-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer …