The role of biomarkers in adrenocortical carcinoma: a review of current evidence and future perspectives

M Mizdrak, T Tičinović Kurir, J Božić - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy arising from the adrenal
cortex often with unexpected biological behavior. It can occur at any age, with two peaks of …

Adrenal cortical carcinoma: pathology, genomics, prognosis, imaging features, and mimics with impact on management

AA Ahmed, AJ Thomas, DM Ganeshan, KJ Blair… - Abdominal …, 2020 - Springer
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor with a poor prognosis. Most tumors are
either metastatic or locally invasive at the time of diagnosis. Differentiation between ACC …

Mitotane concentrations influence outcome in patients with advanced adrenocortical carcinoma

S Puglisi, A Calabrese, V Basile, F Ceccato, C Scaroni… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mitotane is the main option of treatment for advanced adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).
However, limited evidence is available regarding the impact of plasma mitotane levels on …

Molecular drivers of potential immunotherapy failure in adrenocortical carcinoma

C Fiorentini, S Grisanti, D Cosentini, A Abate… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, highly aggressive cancer, often insensitive to
conventional chemotherapeutics agents. Early diagnosis, followed by radical surgical …

Immunotherapy failure in adrenocortical cancer: where next?

D Cosentini, S Grisanti, A Dalla Volta… - Endocrine …, 2018 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Immunotherapy is widely used in the treatment of different cancer types, including metastatic
melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma and urothelial cancer. The …

Mitotane concentrations influence the risk of recurrence in adrenocortical carcinoma patients on adjuvant treatment

S Puglisi, A Calabrese, V Basile, F Ceccato… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mitotane is used as a post-operative adjuvant treatment for patients with adrenocortical
carcinoma. Monitoring of plasma mitotane concentrations is recommended, but we do not …

Unwanted hormonal and metabolic effects of postoperative adjuvant mitotane treatment for adrenocortical cancer

V Basile, S Puglisi, A Calabrese, A Pia, P Perotti… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mitotane is the only drug approved for treatment of adrenocortical cancer.
Although mitotane is a derivative of the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) …

What is the optimal duration of adjuvant mitotane therapy in adrenocortical carcinoma? An unanswered question

V Basile, S Puglisi, B Altieri, L Canu, R Libè… - Journal of Personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A relevant issue on the treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) concerns the optimal
duration of adjuvant mitotane treatment. We tried to address this question, assessing …

Surgery for adrenocortical carcinoma: When and how?

TJ Sinclair, A Gillis, WM Alobuia, H Wild… - Best Practice & Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy that is frequently asymptomatic at
presentation, yet has a high rate of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Prognosis is …

Thapsigargin induces apoptosis in adrenocortical carcinoma by activating endoplasmic reticulum stress and the JNK signaling pathway: an in vitro and in vivo study

L Wu, X Huang, Y Kuang, Z Xing, X Deng… - Drug design …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Thapsigargin (TG) is a natural product that exists in most parts of the plant Thapsia
garganica L. and possesses potential anticancer activities against variety tumor cell lines …