Bevacizumab: a review of its use in advanced cancer

GM Keating - Drugs, 2014 - Springer
The humanized monoclonal antibody bevacizumab (Avastin®) has been available in the EU
since 2005. Results of phase III trials demonstrate that adding intravenous bevacizumab to …

[HTML][HTML] Angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer: pre-clinical and clinical studies

T Annese, R Tamma, S Ruggieri, D Ribatti - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis is a crucial event in tumor development and progression, occurring by
different mechanisms and it is driven by pro-and anti-angiogenic molecules. Pancreatic …

Treatment‐emergent hypertension and efficacy in the phase 3 Study of (E7080) lenvatinib in differentiated cancer of the thyroid (SELECT)

LJ Wirth, M Tahara, B Robinson, S Francis, MS Brose… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Hypertension (HTN) is an established class effect of vascular endothelial
growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibition. In the phase 3 Study of (E7080) Lenvatinib in …

[HTML][HTML] New targeted therapies in pancreatic cancer

A Seicean, L Petrusel, R Seicean - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patients with pancreatic cancer have a poor prognosis with a median survival of 4-6 mo and
a 5-year survival of less than 5%. Despite therapy with gemcitabine, patient survival does …

[HTML][HTML] Risks and management of hypertension in cancer patients undergoing targeted therapy: a review

X Zhu, S Wu - Clinical Hypertension, 2022 - Springer
Background Rapid progress over the last decade has added numerous agents targeting
specific cellular signaling pathways to the treatment armamentarium for advanced cancer …

Arterial hypertension in patients under antineoplastic therapy: a systematic review

V Katsi, N Magkas, G Georgiopoulos… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Cardio-oncology aims to mitigate adverse cardiovascular manifestations in
cancer survivors, but treatment-induced hypertension or aggravated hypertension has …

Germline predictors for bevacizumab induced hypertensive crisis in ECOG-ACRIN 5103 and BEATRICE

F Shen, G Jiang, S Philips, E Cantor, L Gardner… - British journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Bevacizumab is a beneficial therapy in several advanced cancer types.
Predictive biomarkers to better understand which patients are destined to benefit or …

[HTML][HTML] Angiotensin II receptor blockers induce autophagy in prostate cancer cells

Y Woo, YJ Jung - Oncology letters, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are anti-hypertensive drugs that competitively inhibit
the binding of angiotensin II to its receptor, resulting in blood vessel dilation and the …

Molecular markers predictive of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer

S Shiovitz, WM Grady - Current gastroenterology reports, 2015 - Springer
Recognition of the molecular heterogeneity of colorectal cancer (CRC) has led to the
classification of CRC based on a variety of clinical and molecular characteristics. Although …

Lenvatinib for thyroid cancer treatment: discovery, pre-clinical development and clinical application

RM Paragliola, A Corsello, V Del Gatto… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: About one third of patients affected with thyroid cancer present with recurrent
disease. Unresectability, advanced disease and radioiodine refractoriness are considered …