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Treatment outcomes of erlotinib plus gemcitabine as late-line chemotherapy in unresectable pancreatic cancer

737 views | Jun 16 2021

Takafumi Mie et al. found that benefits of erlotinib plus gemcitabine as late-line chemotherapy were limited, particularly with respect to PFS. [Read the Full Post]

Enteral lorlatinib after alectinib as a treatment option in anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer with triple problems: carcinomatous meningitis, poor performance status, and dysphagia-a case report

533 views | Jun 16 2021

Kota Sasaki et al. thought that lorlatinib could be a treatment option for patients with ALK-positive NSCLC showing carcinomatous meningitis, poor PS, and dysphagia upon failure of other ALK inhibitor-based treatments. [Read the Full Post]

Impact of tumor growth rate during preceding treatment on tumor response to nivolumab or irinotecan in advanced gastric cancer

619 views | Jun 15 2021

K Kato et al. suggested that NIVO treatment was a more favorable option for patients with slow-growing tumors, and NIVO and IRI were similarly recommended for patients with rapid-growing tumors in refractory AGC. TGR and NL emergence during preceding treatment might be helpful for drug selection and warrant further investigation. [Read the Full Post]

YAP/TAZ suppress drug penetration into hepatocellular carcinoma via stromal activation

1014 views | Jun 15 2021

Kyungjoo Cho et al. indicated that drug delivery into liver cancer was impaired by YAP/TAZ signaling in tumor cells and subsequent activation of stroma by the signaling. [Read the Full Post]

Pralsetinib for patients with advanced or metastatic RET-altered thyroid cancer (ARROW): a multi-cohort, open-label, registrational, phase 1/2 study

532 views | Jun 14 2021

Vivek Subbiah et al. found that Pralsetinib was a new, well-tolerated, potent once-daily oral treatment option for patients with RET-altered thyroid cancer. [Read the Full Post]

Real-world-evidence-for-carfilzomib-dosing-intensity-on-overall-survival-and-treatment-progression-in-multiple-myeloma-patients

843 views | Jun 13 2021

Noopur Raje found that patient outcomes could be improved if eligible MM patients are treated with the optimized [Read the Full Post]

Early Exanthema Upon Vemurafenib Plus Cobimetinib Is Associated With a Favorable Treatment Outcome in Metastatic Melanoma: A Retrospective Multicenter DeCOG Study

417 views | Jun 13 2021

Katharina C Kähler et al. found that favorable therapy outcome upon vemurafenib plus cobimetinib. [Read the Full Post]

The Tumor Microenvironment in Follicular Lymphoma: Its Pro-Malignancy Role with Therapeutic Potential

553 views | Jun 10 2021

Takashi Watanabe found that Tfh, and TFR cells could reinforce the effects of the cytotoxic T cells. [Read the Full Post]

A sulfobetaine zwitterionic polymer-drug conjugate for multivalent paclitaxel and gemcitabine co-delivery

321 views | Jun 10 2021

Haotian Sun et al. thought that ZPDCs were promising systems for chemotherapy delivery and bioimaging applications. [Read the Full Post]

Soyasaponin A 2 Alleviates Steatohepatitis Possibly through Regulating Bile Acids and Gut Microbiota in the Methionine and Choline Deficient (MCD) Diet-induced Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Mice

389 views | Jun 09 2021

Fei Xiong et al. found that SS-A2 alleviated steatohepatitis possibly through regulating BAs and gut microbiota in the MCD diet-induced NASH mice. [Read the Full Post]

cAMP Signaling-Mediated Phosphorylation of Diacylglycerol Lipase α Regulates Interaction With Ankyrin-G and Dendritic Spine Morphology

311 views | Jun 09 2021

Sehyoun Yoon et al. found that ANK3 and DAGLA, both neuropsychiatric disorder genes, interacted in a complex to regulate spine morphology. [Read the Full Post]

Efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors against lung cancer with EGFR exon 18 deletion: Case report and pooled analysis

995 views | Jun 08 2021

Rafael Rubiera-Pebe et al. showed that afatinib was associated with a greater tumor response rate and a longer PFS than the first generation TKIs. [Read the Full Post]

Triazole antifungal use for prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal diseases for patients receiving gilteritinib

703 views | Jun 08 2021

Muneerah M Aleissa et al. found that concomitant gilteritinib and triazole therapy was feasible and was not associated with clinically meaningful increase in gilteritinib-related AEs. [Read the Full Post]

83JAK-STAT inhibition mediates romidepsin and mechlorethamine synergism in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma

242 views | Jun 07 2021

Jose R Cortes et al. found a role for romidepsin plus mechlorethamine in combination in the treatment of CTCL and uncovered a previously unrecognized role for JAK-STAT signaling in the response to romidepsin and romidepsin-based combination therapies in SS. [Read the Full Post]

Tofacitinib Therapy in Children and Young Adults with Pediatric-Onset Medically-Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease

605 views | Jun 07 2021

Hillary Moore et al. found that tofacitinib induced rapid clinical response with sustained efficacy in nearly half of subjects. [Read the Full Post]

Modeling clinical responses to targeted therapies by patient-derived organoids of advanced lung adenocarcinoma

609 views | Jun 06 2021

Seok-Young Kim et al. demonstrated translational relevance of PDOs in advanced lung adenocarcinoma. [Read the Full Post]

[Molecular background of BRAF inhibitor induced resistance in BRAFV600E mutant melanoma cell lines]

421 views | Jun 04 2021

István Szász et al. found that withdrawal of the inhibitor reduced cell proliferation in the resistant cells. [Read the Full Post]

Hypoxia induces chemoresistance of esophageal cancer cells to cisplatin through regulating the lncRNA-EMS/miR-758-3p/WTAP axis

347 views | Jun 04 2021

Zi-Jiang Zhu et al. uncovered a critical lncRNA-EMS/miR-758-3p/WTAP axis in regulating hypoxia-mediated drug resistance to cisplatin in EC. [Read the Full Post]

Vismodegib in neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced basal cell carcinoma: First results of a multicenter, open-label, phase 2 trial (VISMONEO study): Neoadjuvant Vismodegib in Locally Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

418 views | Jun 03 2021

Nicolas Bertrand et al. found that Neoadjuvant vismodegib allowed for a downstaging of the surgical procedure for laBCCs in functionally sensitive locations. [Read the Full Post]

β-Sitosterol-D-Glucopyranoside Mimics Estrogenic Properties and Stimulates Glucose Utilization in Skeletal Muscle Cells

411 views | Jun 03 2021

Jyotsana Pandey et al. found the estrogenic activity of BSD to stimulate glucose utilization in skeletal muscle cells via PI-3K/AKT-dependent mechanism. [Read the Full Post]