Herbert Ira Hurwitz

Conference Eur J Cancer · August 2024 BACKGROUND: The liver is the most frequent site of metastases in colorectal cancer (CRC). This study aimed to assess the response rate and survival outcomes in metastatic CRC patients with non-liver metastases (NLM) compared to those with liver metastases ... Full text Link to item Cite

Corrigendum to "Evaluating sex as a predictive marker for response to bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma: Pooled analysis of 3369 patients in the ARCAD database" Eur J Cancer. 2023 Jan;178:162-170.

Journal Article European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · November 2023 Full text Cite

Evaluation of Intratumoral Response Heterogeneity in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and Its Impact on Patient Overall Survival: Findings from 10,551 Patients in the ARCAD Database

Journal Article Cancers · August 1, 2023 Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is a heterogeneous disease that can evoke discordant responses to therapy among different lesions in individual patients. The Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria do not take into consideration ... Full text Cite

Evaluating sex as a predictive marker for response to bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma: Pooled analysis of 3,369 patients in the ARCAD database.

Journal Article Eur J Cancer · January 2023 BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest a possible sex-specific response to bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC), showing a benefit in males, while the effect in females is less significant. METHODS: Data from 3369 patients with mCRC enrolled ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I Study Evaluating Glesatinib (MGCD265), An Inhibitor of MET and AXL, in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors.

Journal Article Target Oncol · January 2023 BACKGROUND: Heightened signaling by mesenchymal epithelial transition factor (MET) is implicated in tumorigenesis. Glesatinib is an investigational, oral inhibitor of MET and AXL. OBJECTIVE: This phase I study determined the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trajectories of body weight change and survival among patients with mCRC treated with systemic therapy: Pooled analysis from the ARCAD database.

Journal Article Eur J Cancer · October 2022 BACKGROUND: Higher body mass index is associated with a higher incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) but also with improved survival in metastatic CRC (mCRC). Whether weight change after mCRC diagnosis is associated with survival remains largely unknown. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictive Biomarkers of Overall Survival in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with IFNα ± Bevacizumab: Results from CALGB 90206 (Alliance).

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · July 1, 2022 PURPOSE: CALGB 90206 was a phase III trial of 732 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) comparing bevacizumab plus IFNα (BEV + IFN) with IFNα alone (IFN). No difference in overall survival (OS) was observed. Baseline samples were analyzed to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Plasma Protein Biomarkers in Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy With Bevacizumab or Cetuximab: Results from CALGB 80405 (Alliance).

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · July 1, 2022 PURPOSE: CALGB 80405 compared the combination of first-line chemotherapy with cetuximab or bevacizumab in the treatment of advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Although similar clinical outcomes were observed in the cetuximab-chemotherapy group ... Full text Link to item Cite

Plasma-Based Measurements of Tumor Heterogeneity Correlate with Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Journal Article Cancers · May 1, 2022 Sequencing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from liquid biopsies may better assess tumor heterogeneity than limited sampling of tumor tissue. Here, we explore ctDNA-based heterogeneity and its correlation with treatment outcome in STEAM, which assessed effica ... Full text Cite

Assessment of Capecitabine and Bevacizumab With or Without Atezolizumab for the Treatment of Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · February 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Cotargeting vascular endothelial growth factor and programmed cell death 1 or programmed cell death ligand 1 may produce anticancer activity in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The clinical benefit of atezolizumab combined with c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cabozantinib and Panitumumab for RAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · June 2021 LESSONS LEARNED: Antitumor activity was observed in the study population. Dose modifications of cabozantinib improve long-term tolerability. Biomarkers are needed to identify patient populations most likely to benefit. Further study of cabozantinib with or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse event load, onset, and maximum grade: A novel method of reporting adverse events in cancer clinical trials.

Journal Article Clin Trials · February 2021 BACKGROUND: Current adverse event reporting practices do not document longitudinal characteristics of adverse effects, and alternative methods are not easily interpretable and have not been employed by clinical trials. Introducing time parameters in the ev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of geography on prognostic outcomes of 21,509 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer enrolled in clinical trials: an ARCAD database analysis

Journal Article Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology · January 1, 2021 Background: Benchmarking international cancer survival differences is necessary to evaluate and improve healthcare systems. Our aim was to assess the potential regional differences in outcomes among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) partici ... Full text Cite

Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of FOLFOXIRI Plus Bevacizumab Versus Doublets Plus Bevacizumab as Initial Therapy of Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · August 20, 2020 PURPOSE: A proper estimation of the magnitude of the overall survival (OS) benefit from infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan (FOLFOXIRI) plus bevacizumab versus doublets + bevacizumab is lacking because all trials that have inve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Disease Monitoring Using Post-induction Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Following First-Line Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · August 1, 2020 PURPOSE: We assessed plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) level as a prognostic marker for progression-free survival (PFS) following first-line metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) therapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: The Sequencing Triplet With Avastin and Mainte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab (Avastin®) in cancer treatment: A review of 15 years of clinical experience and future outlook.

Journal Article Cancer treatment reviews · June 2020 When the VEGF-A-targeting monoclonal antibody bevacizumab (Avastin®) entered clinical practice more than 15 years ago, it was one of the first targeted therapies and the first approved angiogenesis inhibitor. Marking the beginning for a new line of anti-ca ... Full text Cite

Predictive Blood-Based Biomarkers in Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Treated with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel with or without Bevacizumab: Results from GOG-0218.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · March 15, 2020 PURPOSE: GOG-0218, a double-blind placebo-controlled phase III trial, compared carboplatin and paclitaxel with placebo, bevacizumab followed by placebo, or bevacizumab followed by bevacizumab in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Results demonstrate ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase Ib study of capecitabine and ziv-aflibercept followed by a phase II single-arm expansion cohort in chemotherapy refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article BMC Cancer · November 1, 2019 BACKGROUND: Patients with chemotherapy refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) have a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. In this phase Ib/II clinical trial, we established the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase II dose (R ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase Ib study of the combination regorafenib with PF-03446962 in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (REGAL-1 trial).

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · October 2019 PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase II dose (RPTD), as well as the safety and tolerability of PF-03446962, a monoclonal antibody targeting activin receptor like kinase 1 (ALK-1), in combination with ... Full text Link to item Cite

The McCAVE Trial: Vanucizumab plus mFOLFOX-6 Versus Bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX-6 in Patients with Previously Untreated Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma (mCRC).

Journal Article Oncologist · September 30, 2019 BACKGROUND: Bevacizumab, a VEGF-A inhibitor, in combination with chemotherapy, has proven to increase progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival in multiple lines of therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The angiogenic factor angiopoeti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic value of liver metastases in colorectal cancer treated by systemic therapy: An ARCAD pooled analysis.

Corrigendum to "Evaluating sex as a predictive marker for response to bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma: Pooled analysis of 3369 patients in the ARCAD database" Eur J Cancer. 2023 Jan;178:162-170.

Journal Article European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · November 2023 Full text Cite

Evaluation of Intratumoral Response Heterogeneity in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and Its Impact on Patient Overall Survival: Findings from 10,551 Patients in the ARCAD Database

Evaluating sex as a predictive marker for response to bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma: Pooled analysis of 3,369 patients in the ARCAD database.

Phase I Study Evaluating Glesatinib (MGCD265), An Inhibitor of MET and AXL, in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors.

Trajectories of body weight change and survival among patients with mCRC treated with systemic therapy: Pooled analysis from the ARCAD database.

Predictive Biomarkers of Overall Survival in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with IFNα ± Bevacizumab: Results from CALGB 90206 (Alliance).

Plasma Protein Biomarkers in Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy With Bevacizumab or Cetuximab: Results from CALGB 80405 (Alliance).

Plasma-Based Measurements of Tumor Heterogeneity Correlate with Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Assessment of Capecitabine and Bevacizumab With or Without Atezolizumab for the Treatment of Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Cabozantinib and Panitumumab for RAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Adverse event load, onset, and maximum grade: A novel method of reporting adverse events in cancer clinical trials.

Impact of geography on prognostic outcomes of 21,509 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer enrolled in clinical trials: an ARCAD database analysis

Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of FOLFOXIRI Plus Bevacizumab Versus Doublets Plus Bevacizumab as Initial Therapy of Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Disease Monitoring Using Post-induction Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Following First-Line Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Bevacizumab (Avastin®) in cancer treatment: A review of 15 years of clinical experience and future outlook.

Predictive Blood-Based Biomarkers in Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Treated with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel with or without Bevacizumab: Results from GOG-0218.

A phase Ib study of capecitabine and ziv-aflibercept followed by a phase II single-arm expansion cohort in chemotherapy refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

A phase Ib study of the combination regorafenib with PF-03446962 in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (REGAL-1 trial).

The McCAVE Trial: Vanucizumab plus mFOLFOX-6 Versus Bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX-6 in Patients with Previously Untreated Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma (mCRC).

Evaluation of Continuous Tumor-Size-Based End Points as Surrogates for Overall Survival in Randomized Clinical Trials in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · September 4, 2019 IMPORTANCE: Tumor measurements can be used to estimate time to nadir and depth of nadir as potential surrogates for overall survival (OS). OBJECTIVE: To assess time to nadir and depth of nadir as surrogates for OS in metastatic colorectal cancer. DESIGN, S ... Full text Link to item Cite

An initial genetic analysis of gemcitabine-induced high-grade neutropenia in pancreatic cancer patients in CALGB 80303 (Alliance).

Journal Article Pharmacogenet Genomics · August 2019 OBJECTIVES: One of the standard of care regimens for advanced pancreatic cancer is gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. The efficacy of gemcitabine is limited by dose-limiting hematologic toxicities especially neutropenia. Uncovering the variability of these to ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effects of lapatinib on cardiac repolarization: results from a placebo controlled, single sequence, crossover study in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · August 2019 PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of lapatinib on the QTc interval and ECG parameters in patients with advanced solid tumors. METHODS: This was a multicenter, placebo-controlled study in subjects with advanced solid tumors. Subjects were administered two dos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II Randomized Trial of Sequential or Concurrent FOLFOXIRI-Bevacizumab Versus FOLFOX-Bevacizumab for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (STEAM).

Journal Article Oncologist · July 2019 BACKGROUND: First-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) typically entails a biologic such as bevacizumab (BEV) with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) or 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/irinotecan (FOLFIRI). STEAM (NCT01765582) asses ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of gemcitabine + dasatinib (gd) or gemcitabine + dasatinib + cetuximab (GDC) in refractory solid tumors.

Conference Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · June 2019 PURPOSE: This study was conducted to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), recommended phase two dose (RPTD), and toxicities of gemcitabine + dasatinib (GD) and gemcitabine + dasatinib + cetuximab (GDC) in advanced solid tumor patients. METHODS: This st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pertuzumab plus trastuzumab for HER2-amplified metastatic colorectal cancer (MyPathway): an updated report from a multicentre, open-label, phase 2a, multiple basket study.

Journal Article Lancet Oncol · April 2019 BACKGROUND: Therapies targeting HER2 have improved clinical outcomes in HER2-positive breast and gastric cancers, and are emerging as potential treatments for HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer. MyPathway evaluates the activity of targeted therapie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of primary tumour location on efficacy of bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Br J Cancer · December 2018 BACKGROUND: Two first-line (1L) bevacizumab trials showed the prognostic value of primary tumour location in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In this retrospective subgroup analysis, further analysis of the predictive effect of bevacizumab is presented ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic variation determines VEGF-A plasma levels in cancer patients.

Journal Article Sci Rep · November 5, 2018 Angiogenesis is essential in tumor biology and is regulated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) ligands and receptors. Here we aimed to discover genetic variants associated with levels of circulating angiogenic proteins in cancer patients. Plasma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modulation of Circulating Protein Biomarkers in Cancer Patients Receiving Bevacizumab and the Anti-Endoglin Antibody, TRC105.

Journal Article Mol Cancer Ther · October 2018 TRC105 is an anti-endoglin antibody currently being tested in combination with VEGF inhibitors. In the phase Ib trial, 38 patients were treated with both TRC105 and bevacizumab (BEV), and improved clinical outcomes were observed, despite the fact that 30 p ... Full text Link to item Cite

A genetic analysis of gemcitabine-induced high-grade neutropenia in pancreatic cancer patients.

Conference Ann Oncol · October 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to J.J. Tao et al.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · August 10, 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

Ruxolitinib + capecitabine in advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer after disease progression/intolerance to first-line therapy: JANUS 1 and 2 randomized phase III studies.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · August 2018 Background Ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase 1 (JAK1)/JAK2 inhibitor, plus capecitabine improved overall survival (OS) vs capecitabine in a subgroup analysis of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and systemic inflammation (C-reactive protein [CRP] >13 mg ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase I Trial of the IGF-1R Antibody Ganitumab (AMG 479) in Combination with Everolimus (RAD001) and Panitumumab in Patients with Advanced Cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · July 2018 PURPOSE: This study evaluated the maximum tolerated dose or recommended phase II dose (RPTD) and safety and tolerability of the ganitumab and everolimus doublet regimen followed by the ganitumab, everolimus, and panitumumab triplet regimen. MATERIALS AND M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personalizing Survival Predictions in Advanced Colorectal Cancer: The ARCAD Nomogram Project.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · June 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Estimating prognosis on the basis of clinicopathologic factors can inform clinical practice and improve risk stratification for clinical trials. We constructed prognostic nomograms for one-year overall survival and six-month progression-free su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) oncogene in colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Ann Oncol · May 1, 2018 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is an oncogenic driver, and a well-established therapeutic target in breast and gastric cancers. Using functional and genomic analyses of patient-derived xenografts, we previously showed that a subset (approx ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase 1 dose-escalation study of veliparib with bimonthly FOLFIRI in patients with advanced solid tumours.

Conference Br J Cancer · April 2018 BACKGROUND: Veliparib is a potent poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. This phase 1 study aimed to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of veliparib combined with various FOLFIRI regimens in patients with solid t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Tumor HER3 Messenger RNA Expression With Panitumumab Efficacy in Advanced Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article JAMA Oncol · April 1, 2018 IMPORTANCE: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (HER1) signaling depends on ligand binding and dimerization with itself or other HER receptors. We previously showed in a randomized trial that high EGFR ligand expression is predictive of panitumumab ben ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic variants in the platelet-derived growth factor subunit B gene associated with pancreatic cancer risk.

Journal Article Int J Cancer · April 1, 2018 The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway plays important roles in development and progression of human cancers. In our study, we aimed to identify genetic variants of the PDGF pathway genes associated with pancreatic cancer (PC) risk in ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Targeted Therapy for Advanced Solid Tumors on the Basis of Molecular Profiles: Results From MyPathway, an Open-Label, Phase IIa Multiple Basket Study.

Conference J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2018 Purpose Detection of specific molecular alterations in tumors guides the selection of effective targeted treatment of patients with several types of cancer. These molecular alterations may occur in other tumor types for which the efficacy of targeted thera ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I/II study of mocetinostat in combination with gemcitabine for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and other advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · February 2018 PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of mocetinostat (a Class I/IV HDAC inhibitor) in combination with gemcitabine in patients with solid tumors, including pancreatic cancer. METHODS: In this open-label, non-randomized Phase I/II study (NCT00372437 ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Monotherapy Ontuxizumab (MORAb-004) Plus Best Supportive Care in Patients with Chemorefractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · January 15, 2018 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ontuxizumab (MORAb-004), a monoclonal antibody that interferes with endosialin (tumor endothelial marker-1) function, in patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cance ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase Ib study of ruxolitinib + gemcitabine ± nab-paclitaxel in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Onco Targets Ther · 2018 PURPOSE: Aberrant activation of the Janus-associated kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway is associated with increased malignant cell proliferation and survival. This Phase Ib study evaluated ruxolitinib, a potent JA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combinations of Bevacizumab With Cancer Immunotherapy.

Journal Article Cancer J · 2018 Cancer immunotherapy (CIT) has transformed cancer treatment. In particular, immunotherapies targeting the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)/programmed death 1 pathway have demonstrated durable clinical benefit in some patients. However, CIT combinations ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pilot Evaluation of Angiogenesis Signaling Factor Response after Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Journal Article Radiology · October 2017 Purpose To identify changes in a broad panel of circulating angiogenesis factors after bland transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), a purely ischemic treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and Methods This prospective HIPAA-compliant s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Calculator for Early Mortality in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis of Patients From 28 Clinical Trials in the Aide et Recherche en Cancérologie Digestive Database.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · June 10, 2017 Purpose Factors contributing to early mortality after initiation of treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer are poorly understood. Materials and Methods Data from 22,654 patients enrolled in 28 randomized phase III trials contained in the ARCAD (Aide et ... Full text Link to item Cite

Novel carcinoembryonic antigen T-cell bispecific (CEA-TCB) antibody: Preliminary clinical data as a single agent and in combination with atezolizumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Journal Article Ann Oncol · June 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized Phase II Trial of Parsatuzumab (Anti-EGFL7) or Placebo in Combination with FOLFOX and Bevacizumab for First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · April 2017 LESSONS LEARNED: These negative phase II results for parsatuzumab highlight the challenges of developing an agent intended to enhance the efficacy of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition without the benefit of validated pharmacodynamic biomarkers ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of pazopanib plus TH-302 in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · March 2017 PURPOSE: To define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), recommended phase II dose (RPTD), and assess safety and tolerability for the combination of pazopanib plus TH-302, an investigational hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP), in adult patients with advanced soli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Percutaneous biliary drainage catheter insertion in patients with extensive hepatic metastatic tumor burden.

Journal Article J Gastrointest Oncol · December 2016 BACKGROUND: Patients with metastatic disease of the liver can have hyperbilirubinemia due to a number of reasons, including biliary obstruction. The purpose of this study was to analyze patient outcomes after percutaneous biliary drainage (PBD) catheter in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Blood-based markers of efficacy and resistance to cetuximab treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer: results from CALGB 80203 (Alliance).

Journal Article Cancer Med · September 2016 Circulating protein markers were assessed in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with cetuximab in CALGB 80203 to identify prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Patients with locally advanced or metastatic CRC received FOLFOX or FOLFIRI chemother ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a Novel c-MET-Based CTC Detection Platform.

Journal Article Mol Cancer Res · June 2016 UNLABELLED: Amplification of the MET oncogene is associated with poor prognosis, metastatic dissemination, and drug resistance in many malignancies. We developed a method to capture and characterize circulating tumor cells (CTC) expressing c-MET using a fe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

HER2 testing in metastatic colorectal cancer: ready for prime time?

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Body Mass Index Is Prognostic in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Patients From First-Line Clinical Trials in the ARCAD Database.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 10, 2016 PURPOSE: In recent retrospective analyses of early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC), low and high body mass index (BMI) scores were associated with worsened outcomes. Whether BMI is a prognostic or predictive factor in metastatic CRC (mCRC) is unclear. PATIEN ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase II Study of Ruxolitinib or Placebo in Combination With Capecitabine in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer for Whom Therapy With Gemcitabine Has Failed.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · December 1, 2015 PURPOSE: Patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma have a poor prognosis and limited second-line treatment options. Evidence suggests a role for the Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway in the pathogenesis and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Direct Evidence of Target Inhibition with Anti-VEGF, EGFR, and mTOR Therapies in a Clinical Model of Wound Healing.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · August 1, 2015 PURPOSE: In early clinical testing, most novel targeted anticancer therapies have limited toxicities and limited efficacy, which complicates dose and schedule selection for these agents. Confirmation of target inhibition is critical for rational drug devel ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of every 2- or 3-week dosing of ramucirumab, a human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Ann Oncol · June 2015 BACKGROUND: Ramucirumab is a fully human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody receptor antagonist designed to block the ligand-binding site of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2). An initial phase I study evaluated ramucirumab administ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE) with topical sildenafil: a pilot study.

Journal Article Support Care Cancer · May 2015 PURPOSE: Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE) is a common chemotherapy and anti-VEGF multi-kinase inhibitor class-related toxicity that often results in debilitating skin changes and often limits the use of active anti-cancer regimens. Mechanistic and a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical outcomes of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: safety and efficacy in a worldwide treatment-use trial of sunitinib.

Journal Article Cancer · May 1, 2015 BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to provide sunitinib to patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who were otherwise unable to obtain it and to collect broad safety and efficacy data from a large population of patients with advanced ... Full text Link to item Cite

Motesanib with or without panitumumab plus FOLFIRI or FOLFOX for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · May 2015 PURPOSE: This study assessed the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of motesanib, a multitargeted small molecule angiogenesis inhibitor, with and without panitumumab, in combination with FOLFIRI or FOLFOX in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biomarker signatures correlate with clinical outcome in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving bevacizumab and everolimus.

Journal Article Mol Cancer Ther · April 2015 A novel combination of bevacizumab and everolimus was evaluated in refractory colorectal cancer patients in a phase II trial. In this retrospective analysis, plasma samples from 49 patients were tested for over 40 biomarkers at baseline and after one or tw ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic properties of oral DEBIO1143 (AT-406) in patients with advanced cancer: results of a first-in-man study.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · April 2015 PURPOSE: To assess safety/tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and antitumor activity of DEBIO1143, an antagonist of inhibitor apoptosis proteins. METHODS: This first-in-man study in patients with advanced cancer used an accelerated ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gene expression markers of efficacy and resistance to cetuximab treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer: results from CALGB 80203 (Alliance).

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · March 1, 2015 PURPOSE: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor samples from CALGB 80203 were analyzed for expression of EGFR axis-related genes to identify prognostic or predictive biomarkers for cetuximab treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients (238 total) with first ... Full text Link to item Cite

Primary tumor location as a prognostic factor in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · March 2015 BACKGROUND: We sought to clarify the prognostic impact of primary tumor location in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). METHODS: We evaluated the association between tumor location and survival parameters in patients with previously untreated mCRC receivi ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase I/biomarker study of bevacizumab in combination with CNTO 95 in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · February 2015 PURPOSE: Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis is an effective mechanism to limit tumor growth; dual inhibition may result in additional benefit. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and intetumumab is ... Full text Link to item Cite

A leave-one-out cross-validation SAS macro for the identification of markers associated with survival.

Journal Article Comput Biol Med · February 2015 A proper internal validation is necessary for the development of a reliable and reproducible prognostic model for external validation. Variable selection is an important step for building prognostic models. However, not many existing approaches couple the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Individual patient data analysis of progression-free survival versus overall survival as a first-line end point for metastatic colorectal cancer in modern randomized trials: findings from the analysis and research in cancers of the digestive system database.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 1, 2015 PURPOSE: Progression-free survival (PFS) has previously been established as a surrogate for overall survival (OS) for first-line metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Because mCRC treatment has advanced in the last decade with extended OS, this surrogacy re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic properties of oral DEBIO1143 (AT-406) in patients with advanced cancer: Results of a first-in-man study

Journal Article Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology · January 1, 2015 Purpose: To assess safety/tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and antitumor activity of DEBIO1143, an antagonist of inhibitor apoptosis proteins. Methods: This first-in-man study in patients with advanced cancer used an accelerated ... Full text Cite

Identifying Blood-Based Protein Biomarkers for Antiangiogenic Agents in the Clinic: A Decade of Progress.

Journal Article Cancer J · 2015 Agents that inhibit tumor angiogenesis are widely used and have provided meaningful survival benefits to patients in multiple disease settings. However, these agents differ significantly in their mechanisms of action and potential toxicities, and there are ... Full text Link to item Cite

An open-label study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor CEP-11981 in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · December 2014 BACKGROUND: This phase I study evaluated the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of CEP-11981, an oral vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with advanced, relapsed, or refractory solid tumors. METHODS: Oral CEP ... Full text Link to item Cite

The search for biomarkers to direct antiangiogenic treatment in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Journal Article Gynecol Oncol · November 2014 Antiangiogenic agents have demonstrated improved progression-free survival in women with primary and recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Biomarkers that predict outcomes in patients treated with antiangiogenic agents are being investigated to ration ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I clinical trial of navitoclax, a targeted high-affinity Bcl-2 family inhibitor, in combination with gemcitabine in patients with solid tumors.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · October 2014 PURPOSE: To investigate the safety, optimal dosing, pharmacokinetics and clinical activity of a regimen of navitoclax (ABT-263) combined with gemcitabine in patients with solid tumors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Patients with solid tumors for which gemcitabine w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of the combination of TRC105 and bevacizumab on endothelial cell biology.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · October 2014 Endoglin, or CD105, is a cell membrane glycoprotein that is overexpressed on proliferating endothelial cells (EC), including those found in malignancies and choroidal neovascularization. Endoglin mediates the transition from quiescent endothelium, characte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding the mechanisms of action of antiangiogenic agents in metastatic colorectal cancer: a clinician's perspective.

Journal Article Cancer Treat Rev · October 2014 Multiple clinical trials using bevacizumab, ziv-aflibercept, and regorafenib have recently demonstrated efficacy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. While the net clinical benefit of each of these therapies in the second-line and refractory dis ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase Ib study of combined VEGFR and mTOR inhibition with vatalanib and everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Journal Article Clin Genitourin Cancer · August 2014 BACKGROUND: Vatalanib is an oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), whereas everolimus inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Combination therapy with VEGFR and mTOR inhibitors has not been well tol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab, and everolimus in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · August 2014 PURPOSE: To define maximum tolerated dose (MTD), toxicities, and pharmacodynamics of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab, and everolimus in advanced solid tumor patients. DESIGN: This was a standard "3 + 3" dose-escalation trial. All subjects received b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab exposure beyond first disease progression in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: analyses of the ARIES observational cohort study.

Journal Article Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · July 2014 PURPOSE: This analysis from Avastin® Registries: Investigation of Effectiveness and Safety (ARIES) examined the association between exposure to bevacizumab after disease progression (PD) and postprogression survival (PPS) in bevacizumab-exposed metastatic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modulation of circulating protein biomarkers following TRC105 (anti-endoglin antibody) treatment in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Med · June 2014 TRC105 is an endoglin-targeting drug that possesses anti-angiogenic and antitumor potential. Analysis of the initial phase I trial of TRC105 demonstrated good tolerability and efficacy in cancer patients. In this report, we analyzed multiple circulating bi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety and effectiveness of bevacizumab treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: final results from the Avastin(®) Registry - Investigation of Effectiveness and Safety (ARIES) observational cohort study.

Journal Article Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) · June 2014 AIMS: The Avastin(®) Registry - Investigation of Effectiveness and Safety (ARIES) observational cohort study (OCS) was designed to prospectively examine outcomes associated with bevacizumab-containing treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Results from a Phase 2 Study of Ruxolitinib or Placebo with Capecitabine as Second-Line Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: The Recap Trial

Journal Article Annals of Oncology · June 1, 2014 Full text Cite

Metastatic ampullary adenocarcinoma presenting as a hydrocele: a case report.

Journal Article JOP · May 27, 2014 CONTEXT: Metastases from ampullary malignancies are common, but spread to the testicle and paratesticular tissue is exceedingly rare with only 2 reported cases in the literature. CASE REPORT: We report a case of a 70 year-old male with a history of ampulla ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical pharmacology of an atrasentan and docetaxel regimen in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · May 2014 PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate potential pharmacokinetic interactions between docetaxel and atrasentan as part of a phase I/II clinical trial. METHODS: Patients with prostate cancer were treated with intravenous docetaxel (60-75 mg/m(2)) eve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of dasatinib in combination with capecitabine, oxaliplatin and bevacizumab followed by an expanded cohort in previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · April 2014 PURPOSE: Dasatinib inhibits src family kinases and has anti-angiogenic properties. We conducted a phase I study of dasatinib, capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab (CapeOx/bevacizumab), with an expansion cohort in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and antitumor activity of dalantercept, an activin receptor-like kinase-1 ligand trap, in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · January 15, 2014 PURPOSE: The angiogenesis inhibitor dalantercept (formerly ACE-041) is a soluble form of activin receptor-like kinase-1 (ALK1) that prevents activation of endogenous ALK1 by bone morphogenetic protein-9 (BMP9) and BMP10 and exhibits antitumor activity in p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: What is the Optimal Approach?

Journal Article Current Oncology Reports · 2014 Cite

Palliative treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: what is the optimal approach?

Journal Article Curr Oncol Rep · 2014 Worldwide, colorectal cancer (CRC) is responsible for over 600,000 deaths annually and remains a significant public health concern. Because of therapeutic advancements over the past two decades, patients with metastatic CRC are living longer with an improv ... Full text Link to item Cite

An open-label study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor CEP-11981 in patients with advanced cancer

Journal Article Investigational New Drugs · 2014 © 2014 The Author(s).Background This phase I study evaluated the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of CEP-11981, an oral vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with advanced, relapsed, or refractory solid tumor ... Full text Cite

Prognostic and predictive blood-based biomarkers in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: results from CALGB80303 (Alliance).

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · December 15, 2013 PURPOSE: CALGB80303 was a phase III trial of 602 patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer comparing gemcitabine/bevacizumab versus gemcitabine/placebo. The study found no benefit in any outcome from the addition of bevacizumab to gemc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modulation of immune system inhibitory checkpoints in colorectal cancer

Journal Article Current Colorectal Cancer Reports · December 1, 2013 T cell infiltration of colorectal cancer is associated with improved clinical outcome, underlining the importance of the immune system in cancer control; however, immune checkpoints, including the inhibitory T cell molecules CTLA-4 and PD-1 that temper the ... Full text Cite

Understanding and targeting resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies.

Journal Article J Gastrointest Oncol · September 2013 Therapies targeting tumor angiogenesis are used in a variety of malignancies, however not all patients benefit from treatment and impact on tumor control may be transient and modest. Mechanisms of resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies can be broadly cate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of molecular biomarkers to inform adjuvant therapy for colon cancer.

Journal Article Oncology (Williston Park) · August 2013 The decision about who may derive benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer is often a difficult one for clinicians. While multiple trials have demonstrated that adjuvant chemotherapy reduces the risk of recurrence and improves overall survival in ... Link to item Cite

Targeted inhibition of VEGF receptor 2: an update on ramucirumab.

Journal Article Expert Opin Biol Ther · August 2013 INTRODUCTION: Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) is a fully humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody, targeting the extracellular domain of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2). Numerous Phase I - II trials in various malignancies have shown promising clinical antitumor efficacy and t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of pazopanib and lapatinib combination therapy in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · June 2013 This phase I, open-label, dose-escalation study assessed the maximum-tolerated dose, safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary antitumor activity of pazopanib plus lapatinib combination therapy in patients with solid tumors. Patients were to take pazopanib ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of different dosing regimens of motesanib on the gallbladder: a randomized phase 1b study in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article BMC Cancer · May 16, 2013 BACKGROUND: Gallbladder toxicity, including cholecystitis, has been reported with motesanib, an orally administered small-molecule antagonist of VEGFRs 1, 2 and 3; PDGFR; and Kit. We assessed effects of motesanib on gallbladder size and function. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual inhibition of αV integrins and Src kinase activity as a combination therapy strategy for colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Anticancer Drugs · March 2013 Both Src and αV integrins are important for tumor growth and angiogenesis. They are interconnected and responsible for important features of the tumor phenotype including invasiveness, metastasis, angiogenesis, and resistance to apoptosis. This study exami ... Full text Link to item Cite

Everolimus in colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Expert Opin Pharmacother · March 2013 INTRODUCTION: There has been a strong preclinical rationale for studying mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors as single agents or in combination, in multiple malignancies and colorectal cancer in particular. AREAS COVERED: The authors summarize ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ziv-aflibercept: binding to more than VEGF-A--does more matter?

Journal Article Nat Rev Clin Oncol · January 2013 The VELOUR and VITAL studies recently demonstrated ziv-aflibercept improved overall survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), including those previously treated with bevacizumab, but did not improve overall survival in non-small-cell l ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinomas.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2013 BACKGROUND: Esophageal and gastric cancers often present at an advanced stage. Systemic chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment, but survival with current regimens remains poor. We evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the combination capec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Analysis of early hypertension and clinical outcome with bevacizumab: results from seven phase III studies.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2013 BACKGROUND: Hypertension is associated with antivascular endothelial growth factor treatment, but the clinical implications of hypertension are uncertain. To assess the prognostic and predictive value of bevacizumab-related hypertension, a comprehensive an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy and safety of bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer: pooled analysis from seven randomized controlled trials.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2013 PURPOSE: his analysis pooled individual patient data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to more thoroughly examine clinical outcomes when adding bevacizumab to chemotherapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modulation of Immune System Inhibitory Checkpoints in Colorectal Cancer

Journal Article Current Colorectal Cancer Reports · 2013 Cite

Use of molecular biomarkers to inform adjuvant therapy for colon cancer

Journal Article ONCOLOGY (United States) · January 1, 2013 The decision about who may derive benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer is often a difficult one for clinicians. While multiple trials have demonstrated that adjuvant chemotherapy reduces the risk of recurrence and improves overall survival in ... Cite

Research participants' high expectations of benefit in early-phase oncology trials: are we asking the right question?

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · December 10, 2012 PURPOSE: To determine whether patients' expectations of benefit in early-phase oncology trials depend on how patients are queried and to explore whether expectations are associated with patient characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Participants were 171 p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anti-VEGF therapies in the clinic

Journal Article Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · November 1, 2012 The development and use of antiangiogenesis agents, particularly those targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), has become an integral component of anticancer regimens for many tumor types. This reviewis intended to highlight some of the most i ... Cite

Anti-VEGF therapies in the clinic.

Journal Article Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med · October 1, 2012 The development and use of antiangiogenesis agents, particularly those targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), has become an integral component of anticancer regimens for many tumor types. This review is intended to highlight some of the most ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anti-VEGF therapies in the clinic.

Journal Article Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · October 1, 2012 The development and use of antiangiogenesis agents, particularly those targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), has become an integral component of anticancer regimens for many tumor types. This review is intended to highlight some of the most ... Cite

A phase I first-in-human study of TRC105 (Anti-Endoglin Antibody) in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · September 1, 2012 PURPOSE: TRC105 is a chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds CD105 (endoglin). This first-in-human, phase I, open-label study assessed safety, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of TRC105 in patients with advanced refractory solid tumors. PATIEN ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus, and panobinostat (LBH-589) in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · August 2012 PURPOSE: To define the maximum tolerated dose, clinical toxicities, and pharmacodynamics of bevacizumab, everolimus, and panobinostat (LBH-589) when administered in combination to patients with advanced solid tumor malignancies. EXPERIMENT DESIGN: Subjects ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partner-assisted emotional disclosure for patients with GI cancer: 8-week follow-up and processes associated with change.

Journal Article Support Care Cancer · August 2012 PURPOSE: We recently reported that a partner-assisted emotional disclosure intervention for gastrointestinal cancer led to improvements in relationship quality and intimacy for couples in which the patient initially reported higher levels of holding back f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does preoperative therapy optimize outcomes in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer?

Journal Article J Surg Oncol · July 1, 2012 The objective of this study was to compare survival between all patients with radiographically resectable adenocarcinoma of the proximal pancreas who underwent preoperative chemoradiation therapy (PRE-OP CRT) or surgical exploration first (SURGERY) with "i ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus and panitumumab in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · July 2012 PURPOSE: Preclinical data suggest concurrent inhibition of VEGF, mTOR and EGFR pathways may augment antitumor and antiangiogenic effects compared to inhibition of each pathway alone. This study evaluated the maximum tolerated dose/recommended phase II dose ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complete longitudinal analyses of the randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of sunitinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor following imatinib failure.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · June 1, 2012 PURPOSE: To analyze final long-term survival and clinical outcomes from the randomized phase III study of sunitinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients after imatinib failure; to assess correlative angiogenesis biomarkers with patient outcomes. EXPE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and utilization of a combined LC-UV and LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous analysis of tegafur and 5-fluorouracil in human plasma to support a phase I clinical study of oral UFT®/leucovorin.

Journal Article J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci · June 1, 2012 Tegafur is a 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) prodrug widely used outside the United States to treat colorectal cancer as well as cancers of the head and neck. The resulting plasma concentrations of tegafur are much higher than those of 5-FU; thus, analytical methods ... Full text Link to item Cite

Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: patterns of failure following resection and benefit of chemoradiotherapy.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · May 2012 BACKGROUND: Ampullary carcinoma is a rare malignancy. Despite radical resection, survival rates remain low with high rates of local failure. We performed a single-institution outcomes analysis to define the role of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in add ... Full text Link to item Cite

Registries and randomized trials in assessing the effects of bevacizumab in colorectal cancer: is there a common theme?

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2012 Full text Link to item Cite

A genome-wide association study of overall survival in pancreatic cancer patients treated with gemcitabine in CALGB 80303.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · January 15, 2012 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 80303 was a randomized, phase III study in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer treated with gemcitabine plus either bevacizumab or placebo. We prospectively collected germline DNA and conducted a genome ... Full text Link to item Cite

A randomized, phase II trial of standard triweekly compared with dose-dense biweekly capecitabine plus oxaliplatin plus bevacizumab as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: XELOX-A-DVS (dense versus standard).

Journal Article Oncologist · 2012 BACKGROUND: Capecitabine administered for 7 days biweekly with oxaliplatin (XELOX) biweekly has been reported to have activity and safety profiles similar to those of standard capecitabine given for 14 days triweekly. Multiple studies have shown that the a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer initially treated with FOLFOX-bevacizumab or FOLFIRI-bevacizumab: results from ARIES, a bevacizumab observational cohort study.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2012 BACKGROUND: The Avastin Registry: Investigation of Effectiveness and Safety (ARIES) study is a prospective, community-based observational cohort study that evaluated the effectiveness and safety of first-line treatment patterns, assessing the impact of che ... Full text Link to item Cite

Maintenance therapy for first-line metastatic colorectal cancer: activity and sustainability.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2012 Results of a study, published in this issue of The Oncologist, comparing capecitabine and oxaliplatin plus bevacizumab with the same regimen for only six cycles followed by bevacizumab monotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer patients are examined. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab-based therapies in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2012 Since its approval for the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), bevacizumab has become a standard treatment option in combination with chemotherapy for patients with mCRC. Bevacizumab has demonstrated efficacy in combination with a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lack of food effect on single-dose pharmacokinetics of brivanib, and safety and efficacy following multiple doses in subjects with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · December 2011 PURPOSE: Brivanib alaninate, an orally available prodrug of brivanib, is currently under evaluation for the treatment of several malignancies. This study aimed to (1) investigate effects of a high-fat meal on single-dose pharmacokinetics of brivanib in sub ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with unresectable extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · November 1, 2011 PURPOSE: Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon but lethal malignancy. We analyzed the role of definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with nonmetastatic, locally advanced extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma treated at a single institution. METHODS A ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I multicenter study of continuous oral administration of lonafarnib (SCH 66336) and intravenous gemcitabine in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · November 2011 We conducted a phase I study to assess safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and activity of lonafarnib plus gemcitabine. Subjects received oral lonafarnib twice daily and gemcitabine on days 1, 8, and 15 every 28 days; multiple dose levels were expl ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II study of oxaliplatin, dose-intense capecitabine, and high-dose bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Clin Colorectal Cancer · September 2011 BACKGROUND: This study was designed to determine the efficacy and tolerability of a novel 2-week regimen of capecitabine, oxaliplatin (OHP), and bevacizumab in patients with chemo-naive advanced colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Nineteen patients wi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to S. Hapani et al

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Oncology · September 1, 2011 Full text Cite

Highlights in metastatic colorectal cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, June 3-7, 2011, Chicago, Illinois

Conference Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O · July 1, 2011 Cite

Venous thromboembolic events with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab: a pooled analysis of patients in randomized phase II and III studies.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · May 1, 2011 PURPOSE: Thromboembolism is a major source of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. The contribution of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy to these events remains controversial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Individual patient data were ava ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of lonafarnib, SCH 66336, using a 2-week on, 2-week off schedule in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · February 2011 PURPOSE: This phase I study was performed to determine the safety profile, maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and biological activity of lonafarnib (SCH 66336). Single-dose and multi-dose pharmacokinetics were conducted. METHODS: Twenty-one patients with advance ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of bevacizumab (B) in combination with everolimus (E) and erlotinib (E) in advanced cancer (BEE).

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · February 2011 PURPOSE: VEGF, mTOR, and EGFR inhibitors have demonstrated anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic effects alone and in combination with each other. This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of bevacizumab, everolimus, and erlotinib combin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bleeding events in bevacizumab-treated cancer patients who received full-dose anticoagulation and remained on study.

Journal Article Br J Cancer · February 1, 2011 BACKGROUND: Bevacizumab provides clinical benefit in multiple solid tumours, but is associated with some increase in bleeding risk. Thrombotic events necessitating therapeutic anticoagulation (TA) are common in cancer. This report describes the safety of c ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II trial of bevacizumab plus everolimus for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2011 PURPOSE: For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), no standard therapy exists after progression on 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, bevacizumab, and cetuximab or panitumumab. Preclinical data demonstrated that combined vascular endothe ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab and cetuximab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Anticancer Res · January 2011 AIM: This study was designed to determine the efficacy and tolerability of capecitabine, oxaliplatin and bevacizumab in combination with cetuximab as first-line therapy for advanced colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with previously untreate ... Link to item Cite

Disease course patterns after discontinuation of bevacizumab: pooled analysis of randomized phase III trials.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 1, 2011 PURPOSE: Preclinical studies have suggested accelerated tumor growth, local invasion, and distant metastasis after withdrawal of treatment with some antiangiogenic agents. To investigate whether discontinuation of bevacizumab treatment is associated with a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I safety, pharmacokinetics, and inhibition of SRC activity study of saracatinib in patients with solid tumors.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · October 1, 2010 PURPOSE: This dose-escalation study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of the oral Src inhibitor saracatinib (AZD0530) in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Tumor biopsy samples were taken to investigate the effect of sar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gemcitabine plus bevacizumab compared with gemcitabine plus placebo in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: phase III trial of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB 80303).

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · August 1, 2010 PURPOSE: The combination of gemcitabine plus bevacizumab produced a 21% response rate and a median survival of 8.8 months in a multicenter phase II trial in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. These encouraging data led Cancer and Leukemia Group B ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of bevacizumab in older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: pooled analysis of four randomized studies.

Journal Article J Cancer Res Clin Oncol · May 2010 BACKGROUND: Bevacizumab is frequently combined with 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The relative benefit of bevacizumab in older patients has not been widely studied and is of interest. PATIENTS AND ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I dose-escalation study of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec/STI571) plus capecitabine (Xeloda) in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Anticancer Res · April 2010 UNLABELLED: The aim of this study was to determine the maximally tolerated dose, recommended phase II dose and toxicity profile of capecitabine plus imatinib mesylate combination. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients with advanced solid tumors were t ... Link to item Cite

Voreloxin, a first-in-class anticancer quinolone derivative, in relapsed/refractory solid tumors: a report on two dosing schedules.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · April 1, 2010 PURPOSE: Voreloxin, a novel replication-dependent DNA-damaging agent, intercalates DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II. Voreloxin induces site-selective DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis. We report the phase 1 experience of voreloxin in patients with re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I dose escalation study of gemcitabine plus irinotecan in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Anticancer Res · December 2009 AIM: To determine the maximally tolerated dose (MTD), recommended phase II dose (RPTD) and toxicity profile of gemcitabine plus irinotecan combination. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-nine evaluable patients with advanced solid tumors were treated with gemcit ... Link to item Cite

Partner-assisted emotional disclosure for patients with gastrointestinal cancer: results from a randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article Cancer · September 15, 2009 BACKGROUND: For patients with cancer who are married or in an intimate relationship, their relationships with their partners play a critical role in their adaptation to illness. However, cancer patients and their partners often have difficulty in talking w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 controls blood pressure by regulating nitric oxide synthase expression.

Journal Article Hypertension · September 2009 Drugs and antibodies that interrupt vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathways improve outcomes in patients with a variety of cancers by inhibiting tumor angiogenesis. A major adverse effect of these treatments is hypertension, suggesting ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I trial of pazopanib in patients with advanced cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · June 15, 2009 PURPOSE: The safety, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity of pazopanib (GW786034), an oral angiogenesis inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, and c-Kit, were evaluated in patients with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Addition of bevacizumab to fluorouracil-based first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: pooled analysis of cohorts of older patients from two randomized clinical trials.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 10, 2009 PURPOSE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) occurs predominantly in older persons. To provide more statistical power to assess risk/benefit in older patients, we examined the clinical benefit of bevacizumab (BV) plus fluorouracil-based chemotherapy in first-line meta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multiagent chemotherapy for isolated colorectal liver metastases: a single-centered retrospective study.

Journal Article J Gastrointest Surg · January 2009 BACKGROUND: Few studies identifying variables associated with prognosis after resection of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) account for treatment with multiagent chemotherapy (fluoropyrmidines with irinotecan, oxaliplatin, bevacizumab, and/or cetuximab). ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy in resected extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · January 1, 2009 PURPOSE: Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is a rare malignancy. Despite radical resection, survival remains poor, with high rates of local and distant failure. To clarify the role of radiotherapy with chemotherapy, we performed a retrospective analysis of r ... Full text Link to item Cite

An intervention to improve cancer patients' understanding of early-phase clinical trials.

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The clinical benefit of bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer is independent of K-ras mutation status: analysis of a phase III study of bevacizumab with chemotherapy in previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · January 2009 PURPOSE: Mutations of the K-ras gene were identified as a prognostic marker in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In addition, emerging data suggest that K-ras mutations are a negative predictor of clinical benefit from anti-epidermal growth factor recep ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I-II study of docetaxel and atrasentan in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · October 1, 2008 PURPOSE: The primary aims of this phase I-II study were to determine the maximum tolerated dose, dose-limiting toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the combination of docetaxel and the endothelin A receptor antagonist atrasentan as first ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health-related quality of life impact of bevacizumab when combined with irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin or 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · September 2008 PURPOSE: To compare the time to deterioration in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer receiving a 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy regimen with or without the addition of bevacizu ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of anti-VEGF therapy on immature myeloid cell and dendritic cells in cancer patients.

Journal Article Cancer Immunol Immunother · August 2008 Impairment of dendritic cells (DC), the most effective activators of anticancer immune responses, is one mechanism for defective antitumor immunity, but the causes of DC impairment are incompletely understood. We evaluated the association of impaired DC di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Arterial thromboembolic events and patients with metastatic carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and bevacizumab (Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2007) 99 (1232-1239))

Journal Article Journal of the National Cancer Institute · May 1, 2008 Full text Cite

A phase I study of UFT/leucovorin, carboplatin, and paclitaxel in combination with external beam radiation therapy for advanced esophageal carcinoma.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · March 15, 2008 PURPOSE: Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) are used to treat patients with esophageal cancer. The optimal combination of chemotherapeutic agents with RT is not well established. We evaluated the safety and preliminary efficacy of a combina ... Full text Link to item Cite

Response-independent survival benefit in metastatic colorectal cancer: a comparative analysis of N9741 and AVF2107.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 10, 2008 PURPOSE: In the phase III study AVF2107g, bevacizumab (BV) demonstrated a survival benefit when added to irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin (IFL) in first-line metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In a parallel phase III study, Intergroup N9741, oxal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Addition of bevacizumab to irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-based preoperative chemotherapy regimens does not increase morbidity after resection of colorectal liver metastases.

Journal Article J Am Coll Surg · January 2008 BACKGROUND: Although commonly used in combination with irinotecan or oxaliplatin (iri/oxal) for treatment of colorectal liver metastases before extirpation, the effects of preoperative bevacizumab on surgical outcomes are not established. The objective of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab improves the overall and progression-free survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with 5-fluorouracil-based regimens irrespective of baseline risk.

Journal Article Oncology · 2008 BACKGROUND: Kohne et al. [Ann Oncol 2002;13:308-317] showed that four prognostic variables can be used to classify patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/leucovorin (LV) into three risk groups with different ove ... Full text Link to item Cite

Duodenal adenocarcinoma: patterns of failure after resection and the role of chemoradiotherapy.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · December 1, 2007 PURPOSE: To report patterns of disease recurrence after resection of adenocarcinoma of the duodenum and compare outcomes between patients undergoing surgery only vs. surgery with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy (CT-RT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Paclitaxel-based chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of patients with operable esophageal cancer.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · November 1, 2007 PURPOSE: To compare a neoadjuvant regimen of cisplatin/5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and concurrent radiation therapy (RT) with paclitaxel-based regimens and RT in the management of operable esophageal (EC)/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. METHODS AND MATER ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II trial of sunitinib in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of standard therapy.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · October 20, 2007 PURPOSE: Sunitinib is an oral, multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and multiple other growth factor receptors. We assessed the safety and efficacy of sunitinib in patients with metastatic colo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Arterial thromboembolic events in patients with metastatic carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and bevacizumab.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · August 15, 2007 BACKGROUND: Although combination treatment with bevacizumab (humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor) and chemotherapy improves survival of patients with various metastatic carcinomas, an increased risk of arterial thromboe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Monoclonal antibodies to EGFR: What does the future hold?

Journal Article ONCOLOGY · July 1, 2007 Cite

Bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine with radiation therapy in rectal cancer: Phase I trial results.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · June 1, 2007 PURPOSE: The overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with poor outcomes in colorectal cancer patients. Bevacizumab, a VEGF inhibitor, enhances the effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy on tumor cytotoxicity in prec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complete pathological response to bevacizumab and chemoradiation in advanced rectal cancer.

Journal Article Nat Clin Pract Oncol · May 2007 BACKGROUND: Localized rectal cancer responds well to 5-fluorouracil and radiation-based regimens. A phase I-II trial is currently testing the efficacy of adding bevacizumab, a VEGF-specific antibody, to standard chemoradiotherapy. The case presented here i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is bevacizumab effective and safe in combination with chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer?

Journal Article Nat Clin Pract Oncol · April 2007 Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase I study of capecitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel with external beam radiation therapy for esophageal carcinoma.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · March 15, 2007 PURPOSE: Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) are used to treat patients with esophageal cancer. The optimal combination of chemotherapeutic agents with RT is undefined. We evaluated a combination of capecitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of edotecarin (J-107088), a novel topoisomerase I inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · January 2007 PURPOSE: To assess the maximum tolerated dose, safety, and pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of escalating doses of the novel topoisomerase I (topo I) inhibitor edotecarin (J-107088) given as a 2-h intravenous (IV) infusion once every 21 days in patients with a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: safety profile and management of adverse events.

Journal Article Semin Oncol · October 2006 Bevacizumab is well suited for use in combination with first- or second-line chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer because its side effects are predictable and appear not to add to the incidence or severity of the side effects of ch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized phase III study of exatecan and gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in untreated advanced pancreatic cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · September 20, 2006 PURPOSE: Exatecan mesylate is a hexacyclic, water-soluble, topoisomerase-1 inhibitor. Exatecan has single-agent and combination activity with gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer. A multicenter, randomized, phase III trial comparing exatecan plus gemc ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of targeted therapy in the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · August 2006 Recent years have brought significant advances in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Combination regimens with standard chemotherapeutic agents have extended survival to nearly 2 years, and recent studies suggest that chemotherapy-free interval ... Link to item Cite

Long-term treatment with bevacizumab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: case report.

Journal Article Clin Colorectal Cancer · May 2006 Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor that has demonstrated increased overall survival when added to standard chemotherapy regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer. Herein we report the cases of 2 patients who demonstr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased toxicity with gefitinib, capecitabine, and radiation therapy in pancreatic and rectal cancer: phase I trial results.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · February 1, 2006 PURPOSE: Overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been associated with aggressive tumor phenotypes, chemotherapy, and radiation resistance, as well as poor survival in preclinical and clinical models. The EGFR inhibitor gefitinib poten ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of eniluracil/5-FU in combination with radiation therapy for potentially resectable and/or unresectable cancer of the pancreas and distal biliary tract.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · February 2006 PURPOSE: Eniluracil is an effective inactivator of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD). It allows for oral dosing of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which may potentially improve the antitumor activity of 5-FU when delivered concurrently with radiotherapy while a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression, thrombospondin-2 expression, and microvessel density on the treatment effect of bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 10, 2006 PURPOSE: Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF). In the pivotal trial in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), addition of bevacizumab to first-line irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin (IFL) significantly pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Disclosure between patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their spouses.

Journal Article Psychooncology · December 2005 This study examined patterns of disclosure about cancer-related concerns between patients with GI cancer and their spouses, and associations between patient and spouse disclosure and patient adjustment, spouse adjustment, and aspects of relationship functi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effects of ZD6474, an inhibitor of VEGF signaling, on cutaneous wound healing in mice.

Journal Article J Surg Res · December 2005 BACKGROUND: ZD6474 is an inhibitor of the VEGFR-2 receptor tyrosine kinase with additional activity against EGFR-1 receptor tyrosine kinases that has been shown to inhibit tumor growth and wound-induced neovascularization in pre-clinical studies and phase ... Full text Link to item Cite

Angiogenesis inhibition in the treatment of colorectal cancer Part 3 of a 3-part series: targeting VEGF--current and future research directions.

Journal Article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · December 2005 Treatment options for advanced colorectal have improved substantially in recent years as a number of agents have been developed that have different targets and mechanisms of action. Significant improvements in outcomes have been observed by combining multi ... Link to item Cite

Ambivalence over emotional expression in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their caregivers: associations with patient pain and quality of life.

Journal Article Pain · October 2005 This study examined the role of patient and caregiver ambivalence over emotional expression (AEE) in pain and quality of life (QOL) in a sample of 78 patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. Measures of ambivalence over emotional expression as well as r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surgical wound healing complications in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with bevacizumab.

Journal Article J Surg Oncol · September 1, 2005 BACKGROUND: Bevacizumab (Avastin; rhuMab VEGF), a humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), significantly prolongs survival when added to intravenous 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy in first-line metastatic colorect ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I safety, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity study of lapatinib (GW572016), a reversible dual inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases, in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic carcinomas.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · August 10, 2005 PURPOSE: This study (EGF10004) assessed the safety/tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity of daily oral dosing with lapatinib (GW572016) in patients with ErbB1-expressing and/or ErbB2-overexpressing advanced-stage refractory solid tumors. PA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical evaluation of ZD6474, an orally active inhibitor of VEGF and EGF receptor signaling, in patients with solid, malignant tumors.

Journal Article Ann Oncol · August 2005 BACKGROUND: ZD6474 selectively inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor. The safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ZD6474 were assessed in a phase I dose-escalation stu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy after resection of primary gallbladder carcinoma: a 23-year experience.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · July 15, 2005 PURPOSE: Primary adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder is a rare malignancy. To better define the role of adjuvant radiation therapy and chemotherapy, a retrospective analysis of the outcome of patients undergoing surgery and adjuvant therapy was undertaken. M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of k-ras, b-raf, and p53 status with the treatment effect of bevacizumab.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · July 6, 2005 BACKGROUND: A recent phase III trial showed that the addition of bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor-A, to first-line irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin (IFL) prolonged median survival in patients with metastati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combined analysis of efficacy: the addition of bevacizumab to fluorouracil/leucovorin improves survival for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · June 1, 2005 PURPOSE: Bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA), a recombinant, humanized anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody that inhibits tumor angiogenesis, has demonstrated survival benefit in patients with previously unt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin: an active regimen for first-line metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2005 PURPOSE: In a phase III trial, combining bevacizumab (BV)--a recombinant, humanized, monoclonal antibody targeting vascular endothelial growth factor--with irinotecan, bolus fluorouracil (FU), and leucovorin (LV; IFL) increased survival compared with IFL a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Successful desensitization to oxaliplatin.

Journal Article Ann Pharmacother · May 2005 OBJECTIVE: To report the successful desensitization of a patient to oxaliplatin utilizing an 8-hour desensitization regimen in a controlled environment. CASE SUMMARY: A 53-year-old white woman with metastatic colon cancer was receiving oxaliplatin, bevaciz ... Full text Link to item Cite

New combinations in metastatic colorectal cancer: what are our expectations?

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Study of the biologic effects of lapatinib, a reversible inhibitor of ErbB1 and ErbB2 tyrosine kinases, on tumor growth and survival pathways in patients with advanced malignancies.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · April 10, 2005 PURPOSE: This was a pilot study to assess the biologic effects of lapatinib on various tumor growth/survival pathways in patients with advanced ErbB1 and/or ErbB2-overexpressing solid malignancies. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Heavily pretreated patients with met ... Full text Link to item Cite

Significance of histological response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · March 2005 BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant (preoperative) chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for pancreatic cancer offers theoretical advantages over the standard approach of surgery followed by adjuvant CRT. We hypothesized that histological responses to CRT would be significant progn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting vascular endothelial growth factor and angiogenesis for the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Semin Oncol · February 2005 Angiogenesis, the development and proliferation of new blood vessels, is critical for the growth of tumors. The process of new blood vessel formation is under complex control from a variety of pro- and anti-angiogenesis factors. By identifying and understa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab combined with standard fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy regimens to treat colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Oncology · 2005 For several decades, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with or without leucovorin defined the standard of care for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). The addition of other chemotherapy regimens to 5-FU has improved survival, but often at the expense ... Full text Link to item Cite

Angiogenesis pathway inhibitors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Biol Response Modif · 2005 Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab in colorectal cancer.

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Circulating D-dimer levels are better predictors of overall survival and disease progression than carcinoembryonic antigen levels in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma.

Journal Article Cancer · July 1, 2004 BACKGROUND: Fibrin formation is required for tumor angiogenesis, metastasis, and invasion. D-dimer, a fibrin degradation product, is produced when crosslinked fibrin is degraded by plasmin. The current study prospectively examined D-dimer levels in patient ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bevacizumab plus irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin for metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · June 3, 2004 BACKGROUND: Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor, has shown promising preclinical and clinical activity against metastatic colorectal cancer, particularly in combination with chemotherapy. METHODS: Of 813 patients w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients with and without preoperative biliary drainage.

Journal Article Dig Liver Dis · June 2004 BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that preoperative biliary drainage increases the risk of infectious complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy. AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess complications related to biliary stents/drains and postoperative morbi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Damjanov/Meropol article reviewed

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A phase I study of oral BMS-275291, a novel nonhydroxamate sheddase-sparing matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, in patients with advanced or metastatic cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · March 15, 2004 PURPOSE: BMS-275291 is a novel broad-spectrum inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) rationally designed to spare a class of closely related metalloproteinases known as sheddases. Inadvertent sheddase inhibition is hypothesized to play a role in the ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase I trial of preoperative eniluracil plus 5-fluorouracil and radiation for locally advanced or unresectable adenocarcinoma of the rectum and colon.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · March 1, 2004 PURPOSE: Eniluracil, an effective inactivator of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, allows for oral dosing of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which avoids the morbidity of continuous infusion 5-FU. We addressed the safety of oral eniluracil and 5-FU combined with pre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrating the anti-VEGF - A humanized monoclonal antibody bevacizumab with chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer

Journal Article Clinical Colorectal Cancer · January 1, 2004 Recent advances in the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) include the incorporation of new drugs to treat a disease where only one drug was known to be active. Oxaliplatin and irinotecan have been incorporated into 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based regimens wh ... Full text Cite

Targeted therapy of colorectal cancer: clinical experience with bevacizumab.

Journal Article Oncologist · 2004 Advanced colorectal cancer remains an urgent health concern, despite improvements in systemic chemotherapy. Targeted therapeutics promise effective tumor therapy with minimal side effects. Angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) is essential for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Introduction: Targeting angiogenesis in cancer therapy

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Lower frequency of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA vs. percutaneous FNA.

Journal Article Gastrointest Endosc · November 2003 BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested an increased risk of peritoneal seeding in patients with pancreatic cancer diagnosed by percutaneous FNA. EUS-FNA is an alternate method of diagnosis. The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of peritoneal carci ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adjuvant hepatic arterial chemotherapy following metastasectomy in patients with isolated liver metastases.

Journal Article Ann Surg · June 2003 OBJECTIVE: To examine survival and toxicity by querying a single-institutional experience with adjuvant hepatic arterial infusional (HAI) chemotherapy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Three randomized series in the literature have examined adjuvant HAI after comp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immunotherapy with autologous, human dendritic cells transfected with carcinoembryonic antigen mRNA.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · June 2003 Immunizations with dendritic cells (DC) transfected with RNA encoding tumor antigens induce potent tumor antigen-specific immune responses in vitro and in murine models. We performed a phase I study of patients with advanced carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor in the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Journal Article Semin Oncol · June 2003 Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth and metastasis and is a promising target in the search for new anti-neoplastic agents. Angiogenesis is a tightly regulated process dependent on the complex interplay between inhibitory and stimulatory angiogenic f ... Full text Link to item Cite

The social context of gastrointestinal cancer pain: a preliminary study examining the relation of patient pain catastrophizing to patient perceptions of social support and caregiver stress and negative responses.

Journal Article Pain · May 2003 A number of studies have shown that catastrophizing is an important predictor of pain and disability in persons having persistent pain conditions. The newly developed communal model of catastrophizing maintains that catastrophizing is a part of broader, in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reduction of wound angiogenesis in patients treated with BMS-275291, a broad spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · February 2003 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating a novel wound angiogenesis assay into a Phase I study of BMS-275291, a broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, and to determine whether the wound angiogenesis as ... Link to item Cite

A clinical model of dermal wound angiogenesis.

Journal Article Wound Repair Regen · 2003 Full-thickness dermal biopsies were performed in healthy volunteers to establish the range of angiogenic responses in wound healing in a normal population. Four-millimeter punch biopsies were made in the forearms of 15 healthy volunteers. Each wound was ev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II, randomized trial comparing bevacizumab plus fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV) with FU/LV alone in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · January 1, 2003 PURPOSE: This phase II trial investigated the safety and efficacy of two doses of bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor, plus fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV) versus FU/LV alone in patients with metastatic colorectal can ... Full text Link to item Cite

Analysis of age, estimated creatinine clearance and pretreatment hematologic parameters as predictors of fludarabine toxicity in patients treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a CALGB (9011) coordinated intergroup study.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · July 2002 PURPOSE: Fludarabine is a renally excreted agent that is an effective treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a disease predominantly of the elderly. We sought to determine whether age, renal function or pretreatment hematologic status predicted ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I evaluation of prolonged-infusion gemcitabine with mitoxantrone for relapsed or refractory acute leukemia.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · February 1, 2002 PURPOSE: To ascertain the maximum tolerated duration of infusion of gemcitabine at 10 mg/m(2)/min in combination with mitoxantrone at 12 mg/m(2) daily for 3 days in the treatment of acute leukemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-four patients were enrolled. ... Full text Link to item Cite

The feasibility and safety of immunotherapy with dendritic cells loaded with CEA mRNA following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and resection of pancreatic cancer.

Journal Article Int J Gastrointest Cancer · 2002 BACKGROUND: Resected pancreatic cancer has a high risk of recurrence and mortality despite the the use of chemoradiotherapy. Because pancreatic cancers express tumor antigens such as carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), it may be possible to immunize patients t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prenylation of CaaX-type proteins: Basic principles through clinical applications

Journal Article Current Topics in Membranes · January 1, 2002 Post-translational modification by attachment of lipid moieties is critical for the biological activity of many membrane-associated proteins. This process, termed lipidation, serves to direct and anchor specific proteins to the cell membrane and can also p ... Full text Cite

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · December 2001 BACKGROUND: The use of neoadjuvant (preoperative) chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for pancreatic cancer has been advocated for its potential ability to optimize patient selection for surgical resection and to downstage locally advanced tumors. This article reports ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer does not influence survival.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · December 2001 BACKGROUND: Up to 30% of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer have a complete clinical or pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation. This study analyzes complete clinical and pathologic responders among a large group of rectal cancer patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer: analysis of clinical outcomes from a 13-year institutional experience.

Journal Article Ann Surg · June 2001 OBJECTIVE: To examine clinical outcomes in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Preoperative radiation therapy, either alone or in combination with 5-fluorouracil-based chemother ... Full text Link to item Cite

Staging of pancreatic cancer before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiation.

Journal Article J Gastrointest Surg · 2001 Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy is used at many institutions for treatment of localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Accurate staging before neoadjuvant therapy identifies patients with distant metastatic disease, and restaging after neoadjuvant ther ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intensified adjuvant combined modality therapy for resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: acceptable toxicity and suggestion of improved 1-year disease-free survival.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · November 1, 2000 PURPOSE: (1) To determine the toxicity of an intensified postoperative adjuvant regimen for periampullary adenocarcinoma (pancreatic and nonpancreatic) utilizing concurrent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin (LV), dipyridamole (DPM), and mitomycin-C (MMC) c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence of a combined oral formulation of eniluracil, an inactivator of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced solid malignancies.

Journal Article Ann Oncol · October 2000 BACKGROUND: This study was performed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, bioequivalence, and feasibility of a combined oral formulation of 5-flurouracil (5-FU) and eniluracil (Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), an inactivator of di ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pilot study of preoperative continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil, external microwave hyperthermia, and external beam radiotherapy for treatment of locally advanced, unresectable, or recurrent rectal cancer.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · June 1, 2000 PURPOSE: To determine the feasibility of combining external beam radiotherapy, continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and external microwave hyperthermia in patients with locally advanced, unresectable, or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the rectum. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · 1999 BACKGROUND: Improved resectability is a major theoretical benefit of preoperative chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer. Since 1994, patients at Duke University Medical Center with locally advanced pancreatic cancer have been treated with multimodality preo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of prognostic groupings and treatment results in the management of unresectable hepatoma: experience with Cisplatinum-based chemoradiotherapy in 76 patients.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · December 1, 1997 PURPOSE: Internationally, hepatoma is a common cause of cancer death. Although the only curative therapy is surgical, most tumors are unresectable and cause death. The value of nonsurgical, antineoplastic therapy for such tumors is controversial. This stud ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of murine models of cytokine-secreting tumor vaccines to study feasibility and toxicity issues critical to designing clinical trials.

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Primary chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am · March 1994 Ovarian cancer is an important disease due to its occurrence in women in the prime of life (40-70) and its responsiveness to therapy but generally poor outcome due to the emergence of drug-resistant cells. In early-stage disease, adjuvant therapies may imp ... Link to item Cite

Lymphoma developing in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis taking low dose weekly methotrexate.

Journal Article J Rheumatol · November 1991 We describe the occurrence of a lymphoma in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking weekly oral pulse methotrexate (MTX) in low doses for 33 months. This occurrence may be coincidental. There may be an increased incidence of lymphoma in RA not trea ... Link to item Cite