Systemic therapy for advanced soft tissue sarcomas: highlighting novel therapies and treatment approaches.
Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare, heterogeneous group of solid tumors in need of improved therapeutic options. First-line chemotherapy is considered the current standard of care for patients with advanced, symptomatic STS, but the median survival is only 8 to 12 months. Efforts to increase response rates by using combination or dose-dense regimens have largely failed to improve patient outcomes. However, increasing evidence supports the use of specific treatments for certain histological subtypes of STS, and novel therapies, including tyrosine kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, are currently under active investigation. In addition, novel treatment approaches (such as maintenance therapy) designed to prolong the duration of response to chemotherapy and delay disease progression are being explored. This article provides an overview of current systemic therapies for patients with advanced STS and discusses ongoing efforts designed to improve patient outcomes through the use of novel therapeutic agents and treatment strategies.
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- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Sarcoma
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Humans
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- 4206 Public health
- 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
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Published In
DOI
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Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Sarcoma
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Humans
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- 4206 Public health
- 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis