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Category Archives: Pemetrexed (Alimta)

A prospective observational study of on-treatment plasma homocysteine levels as a biomarker of toxicity, depression and vitamin supplementation lead-in time pre pemetrexed, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma.

PloS One 2019 November 25 [Link] Minchom A, Mak D, Gunapala R, Walder D, Kumar R, Yousaf N, Hodgkiss A, Bhosle J, Popat S, O’Brien MER Abstract OBJECTIVES: Vitamin supplementation reduces pemetrexed toxicity. Raised plasma homocysteine reflects deficiency in vitamin B12 and folate, and is suppressed by supplementation. This observational study of 112 patients receiving […]

December 5, 2019

Full Archive, Lung Cancer, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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CRISPR screening identifies WEE1 as a combination target for standard chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2019 November 6 [Link] Xu D, Liang SQ, Yang H, Bruggmann R, Berezowska S, Yang Z, Marti TM, Hall SRR, Gao Y, Kocher GJ, Schmid RA, Peng RW Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer with dismal prognosis, largely due to poor response rates to and rapid relapse after first-line […]

November 18, 2019

Chemotherapy, Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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Establishment and characterization of a new malignant peritoneal mesothelioma cell line, KOG-1, from the ascitic fluid of a patient with pemetrexed chemotherapy resistance.

Human Cell 2019 October 3 [Link] Akahane T, Hirasawa A, Imoto I, Okubo A, Itoh M, Nanki Y, Yoshihama T, Tominaga E, Aoki D Abstract Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPeM) is a rare and aggressive form of malignant mesothelioma. Sufficient biological tools for studying the functional characteristics of this cancer have not been developed. Therefore, in […]

October 16, 2019

Chemotherapy, Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Peritoneal (Abdominal Mesothelioma)
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Malignant Mesothelioma: Has Anything Changed?

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2019 June [Link] Kim RY1, Sterman DH2, Haas AR3 Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer associated with asbestos exposure and portends a dismal prognosis. Its worldwide incidence has been increasing, and treatment options are currently suboptimal and noncurative. However, since the turn of the century, several […]

September 23, 2019

Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Environmental Asbestos Exposure, Full Archive, Occupational Asbestos Exposure, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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Building a Bridge between Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Investigating the Effect of Chemotherapy on Immune Checkpoint Expression.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2019 August 26 [Link] Marcq E, Audenaerde JRV, Waele J, Jacobs J, Loenhout JV, Cavents G, Pauwels P, Meerbeeck JPV, Smits EL Abstract In light of the promising results of immune checkpoint blockade (ICPB) in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), we investigated the effect of different chemotherapeutic agents on the expression […]

September 13, 2019

Chemotherapy, Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Epithelioid, Full Archive, Immune-based Therapies, Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin), Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural, Sarcomatoid
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Multidisciplinary palliative treatment including isolated thoracic perfusion for progressive malignant pleural mesothelioma: a retrospective observational study.

Journal of B.U.O.N 2019 May-June [Link] Guadagni S, Masedu F, Zoras O, Zavattieri G, Aigner K, Guadagni V, Fumi L, Clementi M Abstract PURPOSE: To investigate the relative importance of isolated thoracic perfusion (ITP) in the multidisciplinary palliative treatment of progressive malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. METHODS: Fifty-two MPM patients with progressive disease after systemic […]

September 9, 2019

Chemotherapy, Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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MESOTIP: Phase II multicenter randomized trial evaluating the association of PIPAC and systemic chemotherapy vs. systemic chemotherapy alone as 1st-line treatment of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.

Pleura and Peritoneum 2019 June 27 [Link] Sgarbura O, Gourgou S, Tosi D, Bakrin N, Bouazza N, Delaine S, De Forges H, Pocard M, Quénet F Abstract BACKGROUND: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare tumoral disease characterized by the diffuse involvement of the peritoneal serosa. The standard frontline treatment of MPM is cytoreductive surgery […]

August 30, 2019

Biphasic or Mixed, Chemotherapy, Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Epithelioid, Full Archive, Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Peritoneal (Abdominal Mesothelioma), Sarcomatoid, Surgery
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Dropwort-induced metabolic reprogramming restrains YAP/TAZ/TEAD oncogenic axis in mesothelioma.

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2019 August 9 [Link] Pulito C, Korita E, Sacconi A, Valerio M, Casadei L, Lo Sardo F, Mori F, Ferraiuolo M, Grasso G, Maidecchi A, Lucci J, Sudol M, Muti P, Blandino G, Strano S Abstract BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, newly designed cancer therapies have not significantly […]

August 23, 2019

Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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Phase II Trial of Cediranib in Combination With Cisplatin and Pemetrexed in Chemotherapy-Naïve Patients With Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (SWOG S0905).

Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 August 6 [Link] Tsao AS, Miao J, Wistuba II, Vogelzang NJ, Heymach JV, Fossella FV, Lu C, Velasco MR, Box-Noriega B, Hueftle JG, Gadgeel S, Redman MW, Gandara DR, Kelly K Abstract PURPOSE: Antiangiogenic agents combined with chemotherapy have efficacy in the treatment of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Cediranib […]

August 19, 2019

Biphasic or Mixed, Chemotherapy, Epithelioid, Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural, Sarcomatoid
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A multicenter, randomized, phase II/III study of dendritic cells loaded with allogeneic tumor cell lysate (MesoPher) in subjects with mesothelioma as maintenance therapy after chemotherapy: DENdritic cell Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma (DENIM) trial.

Translational Lung Cancer 2019 June [Link] Belderbos RA, Baas P, Berardi R, Cornelissen R, Fennell DA, van Meerbeeck JP, Scherpereel A, Vroman H, Aerts JGJV Abstract BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive, treatment resistant neoplasm. The current treatment, consisting of antifolate and platinum-based chemotherapy, improves the median overall survival with only 3 months. […]

August 12, 2019

Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural
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