Understanding, recognizing, and managing toxicities of targeted anticancer therapies

GK Dy, AA Adjei - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Advances in genomics and molecular biology have
identified aberrant proteins in cancer cells that are attractive targets for cancer therapy …

Drug attrition during pre-clinical and clinical development: understanding and managing drug-induced cardiotoxicity

N Ferri, P Siegl, A Corsini, J Herrmann… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular toxicity remains a major cause of concern during preclinical and clinical
development as well as contributing to post-approval withdrawal of medicines. This issue is …

CNS relapses in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have and have not received adjuvant trastuzumab: a retrospective substudy of the HERA trial …

BC Pestalozzi, E Holmes, E de Azambuja… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Several randomised trials have confirmed the benefit of adjuvant trastuzumab
for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer. However, concern has been expressed …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and risk of central nervous system metastases as site of first recurrence in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with adjuvant …

EM Olson, M Abdel-Rasoul, J Maly, CS Wu, NU Lin… - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Central nervous system (CNS) disease as the site of first relapse after exposure
to adjuvant trastuzumab has been reported. We carried out comprehensive meta-analysis to …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging approaches for treating HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer beyond trastuzumab

WJ Gradishar - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Because metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is incurable in most cases, the goals of treatment
are improvement in quality of life, management of symptoms, and prolonged survival. The …

Effect of HER2 status on distant recurrence in early stage breast cancer

KR Hess, FJ Esteva - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2013 - Springer
It has long been recognized in breast cancer that the effect of hormone receptor (HR) status
on recurrence rates varies over time and with the site of recurrence. However, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative therapeutic strategies in the treatment of brain metastases

M Caffo, V Barresi, G Caruso, M Cutugno… - International Journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Brain metastases (BM) are the most common intracranial tumors and their incidence is
increasing. Untreated brain metastases are associated with a poor prognosis and a poor …

β-Adrenergic blockade for anthracycline-and trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity: is prevention better than cure?

A Nohria - Circulation: Heart Failure, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Nohria β-Blockers—Protection Against Cardiotoxicity? 359 of symptomatic HF observed in
this study reflect less rigorous monitoring of LV function during trastuzumab therapy in a real …

CNS metastases of breast cancer show discordant immunohistochemical phenotype compared to primary

C Bachmann, EM Grischke, T Fehm, A Staebler… - Journal of cancer …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose A challenge in management of breast cancer is the development of brain
metastases (BM). Because of improvements in systemic therapy with longer survival of …

Molecular subtyping of brain metastases and implications for therapy

JJ Renfrow, GJ Lesser - Current treatment options in oncology, 2013 - Springer
Opinion statement Molecular subtyping of tumors and treatment with specifically targeted
therapy is a rapidly developing trend in oncology. Genetic and protein biomarkers impact …