Benefits of physical activity are widely demonstrated for early stage cancers but few studies have focused on metastatic disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of physical activity on survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer. We conducted a secondary analysis of the national, multicentric, non-randomized, prospective cohort SNPs to Risk of Metastasis (StoRM) study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOBJECTIVES. As vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is expressed in ovarian cancer, we assessed the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab (a monoclonal antibody targeting VEGF) plus microtubule targeting agents for heavily pre-treated ovarian carcinoma patients. METHODS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to provide further clinical evidence for the efficacy and safety of epoetin beta once weekly across a wide range of cancer types.
Methods: This was a multicenter, open-label, prospective, single-arm study in patients with either a solid tumor or non-myeloid hematological malignancy, receiving or scheduled to receive further chemotherapy. Patients received epoetin beta 30,000 IU subcutaneously once weekly for 16 weeks.