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OBJECTIVES: The S-REAL study aimed to assess the effectiveness of durvalumab as consolidation therapy after definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in a real-world cohort of patients with locally advanced, unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) included in a Spanish early access program (EAP). METHODS: In this multicentre, observational, retrospective study we analysed data from patients treated in 39 Spanish hospitals, who started intravenous durvalumab (10 mg/kg every 2 weeks) between September 2017 and December 2018. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints included patient characterization and adverse events of special interest (AESI). RESULTS: A total of 244 patients were followed up for a median of 21.9 months [range 1.2-34.7]. Median duration of durvalumab was 45.5 weeks (11.4 months) [0-145]. Median PFS was 16.7 months (95% CI 12.2-25). No remarkable differences in PFS were observed between patients with programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression ≥ 1% or < 1% (16.7 versus 15.6 months, respectively). However, PFS was higher in patients who had received prior concurrent CRT (cCRT) versus sequential CRT (sCRT) (20.6 versus 9.4 months). AESIs leading to durvalumab discontinuation were registered in 11.1% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: These results are in line with prior published evidence and confirm the benefits of durvalumab in the treatment of LA-NSCLC patients in a real-world setting. We also observed a lower incidence of important treatment-associated toxicities, such as pneumonitis, compared with the pivotal phase III PACIFIC clinical study.
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Anticorpos Monoclonais , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Quimiorradioterapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Humanos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/terapia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/mortalidade , Masculino , Feminino , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Idoso , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Espanha , Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , Quimioterapia de Consolidação , Antígeno B7-H1/antagonistas & inibidoresRESUMO
On February 24, 2022, a war began within the Ukrainian borders. At least 3.0 million Ukrainian inhabitants have already fled the country. Critical infrastructure, including hospitals, has been damaged. Children with cancer were urgently transported to foreign countries, in an effort to minimize interruption of their life-saving treatments. Most adults did not have that option. War breeds cancer-delaying diagnosis, preventing treatment, and increasing risk. We project that a modest delay in care of only 4 months for five prevalent types of cancer will lead to an excess of over 3,600 cancer deaths in the subsequent years. It is critical that we establish plans to mitigate that risk as soon as possible.
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Neoplasias , Pesquisa , Adulto , Conflitos Armados , Criança , Humanos , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Ucrânia/epidemiologiaRESUMO
B-Raf mutations occur in about 1-2% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). These mutations generate a permanent activation of the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, which promotes tumor growth and proliferation. In the present review, we discuss B-Raf mutation epidemiology, diagnostic methods to detect B-Raf mutations, the role of B-Raf as a driver mutation and a potential therapeutic target in NSCLC. The results of clinical trials involving B-Raf or MAPK pathway inhibitors for the treatment of NSCLC are also discussed. Clinical trials evaluating B-Raf inhibitors in BRAF mutated NSCLC patients have shown promising results, and larger prospective studies are warranted to validate these findings. Enrollment of these patients in clinical trials is an interesting strategy to offer a potentially more effective and less toxic targeted therapy.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Angiogenesis is a driving force of a tumor's development. Targeting this process is an attractive option, as this is a feature shared by most of the solid tumors. A lot of antiangiogenic drugs have been developed following this path, including bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib, vandetanib, ramucirumab, motesanib and many others. The latest drug of this class to be approved for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was nintedanib, a triple angiokinase inhibitor. This molecule targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) pathways, avoiding the tumor's switch to normal escape mechanisms. The pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and toxicity profiles of nintedanib have been tested in several studies. These trials revealed it to be very interesting, as this agent did not lead to the classical adverse events of other tyrosine kinase inhibitors. A phase III clinical trial that recently concluded provided us with relevant information in patients with NSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology. Here we present a short overview of the tumor angiogenesis pathways and antiangiogenic drugs. In particular, we will focus on nintedanib, from the preclinical studies to the latest phase III clinical trial that allowed this new agent to be approved by the European Medicines Agency as a second-line treatment option in association with docetaxel for NSCLC patients with adenocarcinoma histology.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Indóis/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Inibidores da Angiogênese/efeitos adversos , Inibidores da Angiogênese/farmacologia , Inibidores da Angiogênese/uso terapêutico , Animais , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Aprovação de Drogas , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Humanos , Indóis/efeitos adversos , Indóis/farmacologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neovascularização Patológica/tratamento farmacológico , Neovascularização Patológica/patologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The management of operable locally advanced N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a controversial topic. Concurrent chemoradiation (CT-RT) is considered the standard of care for inoperable or unresectable patients, but the role of trimodality treatment remains controversial. We present our institution's experience with the management of stage III (N2) NSCLC patients, analyzing whether the addition of surgery improves survival when compared with definitive CT-RT alone. METHODS: From 1996 to 2006, 72 N2 NSCLC patients were treated. Thirty-four patients received cisplatin-based induction chemotherapy, followed by paclitaxel-cisplatin CT-RT, and 38 patients underwent surgery preceded by induction and/or followed by adjuvant therapy. Survival curves were estimated by Kaplan-Meier analysis, and the differences were assessed with the log-rank test. RESULTS: Most of the patients (87 %) were men. The median age was 59 years. A statistically significant association between T3-T4c and definitive CT-RT as well as between T1-T2c and surgery was noted (p < 0.0001). After a median follow-up period of 35 months, the median overall survival (OS) was 42 months for the surgery group versus 41 months for the CT-RT patients (p = 0.590). The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 14 months after surgery and 25 months after CT-RT (p = 0.933). Responders to radical CT-RT had a better OS than non-responders (43 vs. 17 months, respectively, p = 0.011). No significant differences were found in the OS or PFS between the pN0 [14 (37.8 %) patients] and non-pN0 patients at thoracotomy. Three treatment-related deaths (7.8 %) were observed in the surgical cohort and none in the CT-RT group. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of surgery did not render a median OS or PFS benefit when compared with CT-RT alone in our series of stage III-N2 NSCLC patients, in accordance with previously published data. However, responses to CT-RT had a greater impact in terms of OS and PFS. Although the patients selected for management including surgery showed a favorable T clinical staging in comparison to patients exclusively treated with definitive CT-RT, similar survival outcomes were found.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/terapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/cirurgia , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Terapia Combinada , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Pulmonares/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeAssuntos
Proteína 1 Inibidora de Diferenciação/genética , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Anticorpos Monoclonais/metabolismo , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacologia , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Proteína 1 Inibidora de Diferenciação/imunologia , Proteína 1 Inibidora de Diferenciação/metabolismo , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular/normas , Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias/metabolismo , PrognósticoRESUMO
Las plaquetas implicadas en la angiogénesis tumoral secretan factor de crecimiento endotelial vascular (VEGF). Los niveles de inhibidor del activador de plasminógeno tipo 1 (PAI-1) podrían regular la degradación de la matriz extracelular durante la angiogénesis. Durante este proceso tiene lugar la activación del sistema de la coagulación-fibrinólisis, que representa un evento clínico desfavorable. El factor de Von Willebrand (vWf), el dímero D (DD) y el fibrinógeno son marcadores sensibles de estos procesos. El recuento de plaquetas y los niveles de VEGF, PAI-1, vWf, DD y fibrinógeno podrían predecir la evolución clínica en pacientes con cáncer. En este estudio correlacionamos los niveles de VEGF, PAI-1, vWf, DD y fibrinógeno en pacientes con carcinoma colorrectal (CCR) en estadios I a IV sometidos a cirugía, a quimioterapia o a ambos métodos, con el análisis patológico/inmunohistoquímico en pacientes en estadios I-III y con la respuesta al tratamiento, y el riesgo de muerte en pacientes en estadio IV. Treinta y dos pacientes con CCR localizado o localmente avanzado y 32 con CCR metastático fueron evaluados. Las muestras sanguíneas se extrajeron antes de la cirugía y antes y después de la quimioterapia basada en fluoropirimidinas. Los enfermos en estadio IV recibieron una mediana de 3 ciclos de quimioterapia, entre muestras. En los pacientes en estadio I a III, los niveles basales de VEGF, recuento de plaquetas, fibrinógeno y PAI-1 se correlacionaron con el estadio tumoral. Además, la expresión tumoral de p21 y c-myc se asoció con niveles más elevados de vWf e inferiores de DD, respectivamente. En tumores metastásicos, los niveles prequimioterapia y posquimioterapia de VEGF, PAI-1 y CA19.9 se encontraron relacionados con las tasas de progresión.
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Indutores da Angiogênese , Agentes de Coagulação , Fibrinólise , Neoplasias Colorretais/complicações , Neoplasias Colorretais/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Colorretais/terapiaRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: von Willebrand factor (vWf) is thought to mediate binding of tumour cells to platelets and to favour their systemic spreading capacity. Platelets involved in tumour angiogenesis are capable of releasing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Hence, levels of vWf and VEGF may correlate with cancer stage. The objectives are determine the impact of surgery and chemotherapy on vWf and VEGF in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty healthy volunteers (group 1), 14 patients with locally advanced CRC (group 2) and 12 patients with metastatic CRC (group 3) were enrolled. Blood samples were taken at recruitment in group 1, and before and after surgery and chemotherapy in groups 2 and 3, respectively. Blood levels of vWf, VEGF, platelet count, C-reactive protein (CRP), ceruloplasmin and carcinoembrionary antigen (CEA) were measured. RESULTS: At baseline, group 3 showed higher concentrations of vWf than the other groups (p<0.05). In group 2, vWf became elevated 40% post-surgery (p=0.016), independently of changes in CRP or ceruloplasmin. In group 3, chemotherapy caused a 42% reduction in VEGF (p=0.015). CONCLUSIONS: There was a strong correlation between higher vWf levels and more advanced CRC stage at diagnosis. These levels were elevated post-surgery in patients with locally advanced CRC. Chemotherapy significantly decreased VEGF in metastatic CRC patients before CEA showed any significant change.
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Neoplasias Colorretais/sangue , Neoplasias Colorretais/terapia , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/sangue , Fator de von Willebrand/análise , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
In this case report we present the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade of tumor origin. We explain the clinical investigations for its diagnosis as well as its specific differential diagnosis in cancer patients. The different therapeutic options are also presented together with a brief summary of the thymic carcinoma.