Publications by authors named "Francesco M Guida"
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- * A multicenter study assessed TAS-102's effectiveness and safety in 160 pretreated mCRC patients, including a significant number of elderly patients and those with other health conditions.
- * Results showed a median overall survival of 8 months and no significant age-related decrease in treatment effectiveness, indicating TAS-102 is safe and effective even for older patients.
Background: Pazopanib is an oral multitargeted tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, used as a single agent to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma. Treatment with other tyrosine-kinase inhibitors is known to be associated with asymptomatic elevations of serum amylase and lipase levels. As regards the pazopanib, data are lacking in literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Everolimus is a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We aimed to assess the association between the baseline values and treatmentrelated modifications of total serum cholesterol (C), triglycerides (T), body mass index (BMI), fasting blood glucose level (FBG) and blood pressure (BP) levels and the outcome of patients treated with everolimus for mRCC.
Methods: 177 patients were included in this retrospective analysis.
Purpose: Aim of this study was to investigate for the presence of existing prognostic factors in patients with bone metastases (BMs) from RCC since bone represents an unfavorable site of metastasis for renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Materials And Methods: Data of patients with BMs from RCC were retrospectively collected. Age, sex, ECOG-Performance Status (PS), MSKCC group, tumor histology, presence of concomitant metastases to other sites, time from nephrectomy to bone metastases (TTBM, classified into three groups: <1 year, between 1 and 5 years and >5 years) and time from BMs to skeletal-related event (SRE) were included in the Cox analysis to investigate their prognostic relevance.
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- Bone metastasis is rare in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with 211 patients analyzed revealing a median survival of 19 months and a median of 13 months to the onset of bone metastasis.
- The spine was the most affected area, with most lesions being osteolytic, and 88.5% of patients receiving treatment with zoledronic acid.
- Key factors impacting survival included HCC etiology, patient performance status, and treatment with bisphosphonates, highlighting the need for early intervention to improve quality of life for these patients.
Introduction/background: The purpose of this study was to describe modification of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) distributions in breast cancer patients after aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy using computed tomography (CT) volumetric measurement of abdominal body fat distribution.
Patients And Methods: Sixty-four consecutive patients who were receiving adjuvant AI therapy were included in this study. Patients were evaluated using CT before and after at least 6 months of AI therapy with imaging follow-up of 4.
Sunitinib has previously been reported to be potentially effective in the treatment of malignant melanomas expressing c-KIT. Here we report on the case of a 77-year-old gentleman affected by a metastatic clear cell carcinoma of the kidney and a metastatic malignant melanoma with liver and lung metastases. Despite the negativity for CD117 and the absence of KIT amplification or mutations in the melanoma specimen, he achieved a partial response both in the lungs and in the liver while on sunitinib (50 mg once/day, 4 weeks on/2 weeks off) for the treatment of kidney cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTumour-associated Macrophages (TAM) present two different polarizations: classical (M1) characterized by immunostimulation activity and tumour suppression; alternative (M2) characterized by tumour promotion and immune suppression. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the correlation between the two forms of TAM with survival time in radically resected gastric cancer patients. A total of 52 chemo- and radio-naive patients were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCetuximab is an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody with antitumor efficacy in metastatic colorectal cancer harboring wild-type K-Ras gene. However, not all patients K-Ras wild-type benefit from Cetuximab, underscoring the need for additional markers to help in patient selection. Preclinical evidence suggests that the EGFR and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) pathways interact to drive tumor growth and survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Itch is a common side-effect of treatment with anti-EGFR antibodies and tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. We designed a pilot single-centre study to assess the effects of aprepitant-a neurokinin receptor inhibitor-for management of severe pruritus induced by biological drugs.
Methods: In this single-group, prospective study, we consecutively enrolled 45 outpatients with metastatic solid tumours treated with biological drugs at the Campus Bio-Medico Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy, between September, 2010, and November, 2011.