Targeting the Gut Microbiome to Mitigate Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis in Cancer.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been a transformational advance in cancer therapy in the past decade. However, ICIs can produce immune-related adverse effects (irAEs), which can lead to both morbidity and premature termination of therapy. Recent studies suggest that the gut microbiota and its metabolites affect ICI efficacy and toxicity.

Phase I/II Trial of Combined Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide in Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Introduction: Doxorubicin in combination with cyclophosphamide is active in breast cancer; however, its use in metastatic cancer is limited owing to cardiotoxicity. Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) was formulated to decrease the toxicity of conventional doxorubicin. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of PLD with metronomic oral cyclophosphamide.

RUNX3 Controls a Metastatic Switch in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

For the majority of patients with pancreas cancer, the high metastatic proclivity is life limiting. Some patients, however, present with and succumb to locally destructive disease. A molecular understanding of these distinct disease manifestations can critically inform patient management.

Analysis of clinical prognostic factors for adult patients with head and neck sarcomas.

Objective: To evaluate the treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors in patients with head and neck sarcomas treated in an academic medical center.

Study Design: Case series.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Multiple liver abscess formation and primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The introduction of a number of small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors has revolutionized the management of metastatic disease. Surgery is the mainstay of management for localized disease.

Enzymatic targeting of the stroma ablates physical barriers to treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAs) are characterized by a robust fibroinflammatory response. We show here that this desmoplastic reaction generates inordinately high interstitial fluid pressures (IFPs), exceeding those previously measured or theorized for solid tumors, and induces vascular collapse, while presenting substantial barriers to perfusion, diffusion, and convection of small molecule therapeutics. We identify hyaluronan, or hyaluronic acid (HA), as the primary matrix determinant of these barriers and show that systemic administration of an enzymatic agent can ablate stromal HA from autochthonous murine PDA, normalize IFP, and re-expand the microvasculature.