Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: from molecular oncogenic mechanisms to clinical implications

A Zaanan, K Meunier, F Sangar, JF Fléjou, F Praz - Cellular oncology, 2011 - Springer
Background Microsatellite instability (MSI) constitutes an important oncogenic molecular
pathway in colorectal cancer (CRC), representing approximately 15% of all colorectal …

Colorectal cancer patients with oligometastatic liver disease: what is the optimal approach?

MR Weiser, WR Jarnagin, LB Saltz - Oncology (08909091), 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Although metastatic colorectal cancer is typically incurable, in a good percentage of patients
(20% to 50%) who have oligometastatic disease confined to a single organ--usually the liver …

Colorectal cancer survival: an analysis of patients with metastatic disease synchronous and metachronous with the primary tumor

R Kumar, TJ Price, C Beeke, K Jain, G Patel… - Clinical colorectal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Whether metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) that presents synchronously with
the primary lesion behaves differently from mCRC that appears metachronously to the …

Treatment options for advanced pancreatic cancer: a review

R Warsame, A Grothey - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma historically has a poor prognosis and the mortality
rate has remained unchanged for over a decade. Common treatment options for patients …

Current and future biomarkers in the treatment of colorectal cancer

PJ Cuyle, H Prenen - Acta Clinica Belgica, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. CRC develops as a
consequence of genomic instability, characterized by various genetic and epigenetic …

Irinotecan toxicity during treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: focus on pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine

A Paulík, J Nekvindová, S Filip - Tumori Journal, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Colorectal cancer, one of the most frequent types of cancer worldwide, has a high mortality
rate. Irinotecan (CPT-11) has been approved for the treatment of advanced or metastatic …

ERCC1, defective mismatch repair status as predictive biomarkers of survival for stage III colon cancer patients receiving oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy

P Li, YJ Fang, F Li, QJ Ou, G Chen, G Ma - British journal of cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) expression status
has been identified as a candidate marker for predicting efficacy of oxaliplatin (OX) treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol of the Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials (DATECAN) project: formal consensus method for the development of …

CA Bellera, M Pulido, S Gourgou, L Collette… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: In randomised phase III cancer clinical trials, the most objectively defined
and only validated time-to-event endpoint is overall survival (OS). The appearance of new …

RKIP phosphorylation and STAT3 activation is inhibited by oxaliplatin and camptothecin and are associated with poor prognosis in stage II colon cancer patients

S Cross-Knorr, S Lu, K Perez, S Guevara, K Brilliant… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background A major obstacle in treating colorectal cancer (CRC) is the acquired resistance
to chemotherapeutic agents. An important protein in the regulation of cancer cell death and …

Elevated preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and Ki67 is predictor of decreased survival in IIA stage colon cancer

Y Peng, L Wang, J Gu - World journal of surgery, 2013 - Springer
Background The present study was designed to investigate the prognostic factors of stage
IIA (pT3N0M0) colon cancer. Methods We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients with …