1. Tyrosine-kinases inhibitors in recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patients
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Innocenza Palaia, Daniela Musio, Alessia Romito, P. Benedetti Panici, C. Donfracesco, Ludovico Muzii, Ilaria Piacenti, Laura Vertechy, Angela Musella, Vincenzo Tombolini, Claudia Marchetti, and F. De Felice
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0301 basic medicine ,Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Organoplatinum Compounds ,gynecologic ,Antineoplastic Agents ,03 medical and health sciences ,ovarian cancer ,platinum resistant ,recurrence ,tyrosine-kinases inhibitors ,0302 clinical medicine ,Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic ,Recurrence ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Multicenter Studies as Topic ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Molecular Targeted Therapy ,Protein Kinase Inhibitors ,Peritoneal Neoplasms ,Platinum resistant ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,Gynecology ,Ovarian Neoplasms ,Settore MED/06 - ONCOLOGIA MEDICA ,business.industry ,Carcinoma ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Gynecological cancer ,Neoplasm Proteins ,030104 developmental biology ,Settore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIA ,Treatment Outcome ,Clinical evidence ,Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,business ,Ovarian cancer ,Tyrosine kinase - Abstract
For many decades, ovarian cancer (OC) has been one of the most common gynecological cancer. Despite advances in OC diagnosis and treatment, the risk of recurrence is ever present and approximately 85% of patients will experience relapse. Recurrent OC after first-line therapy is almost always incurable. Multiple novel therapies, including tyrosine-kinases inhibitors (TKI), have shown promising results, but their role needs to be clarified. In this review we describe the rationale and the clinical evidence regarding the use of TKI for the treatment of recurrent platinum-resistant OC patients.
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- 2015